Cricketers mourn Karunanidhi's death

Chennai, Aug 08: Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister for Tamil Nadu on five occasions and dominated the state's politics for six decades along with MG Ramachandran and later, J Jayalalithaa.

Shortly after the news of his passing away was announced, cricketers took to social media platform Twitter to express their grief and mourn the death of the politician.

Amongst the cricketers who tweeted were two from Tamil Nadu namely Ravichandran Ashwin, Subramaniam Badrinath. Harbhajan Singh, who played for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League this year, tweeted as well.

Former India batsmen VVS Laxman and Virender Sehwag on Tuesday expressed their grief over the death of DMK chief and five-time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.

Karunanidhi, a doyen of Tamil Nadu and Indian politics, died on Tuesday evening 6.10pm at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai. He was 94.

"I convey my deepest condolences to family members and admirers of #Karunanidhi ji on his demise. RIP," Laxman tweeted.

"Condolences to the family and supporters of #Karunanidhi ji. May everyone maintain peace in Tamil Nadu," Sehwag wrote on Twitter.

I convey my deepest condolences to family members and admirers of #Karunanidhi ji on his demise. RIP

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) August 7, 2018

Condolences to the family and supporters of #Karunanidhi ji. May everyone maintain peace in Tamil Nadu.

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 7, 2018

It's sad to hear about the demise of Dr. M. karunanidhi, may his soul RIP and my condolences to his family and friends.

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) August 7, 2018

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