India and Sri Lanka players wore black armbands on Day 2 of the first Test in Mohali in memory of former Australian cricketers Shane Warne and Rod Marsh, who passed away on Friday. Both camps also observed a minute's silence before action began on the second day.
Warne, one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Century, claimed 708 Test wickets in a 15-year career for Australia between 1992 and 2007. He was also an ODI World Cup winner in 1999.
Warne leaves behind three children – Jackson, Brooke and Summer – from his 10-year marriage to Simone Callahan that ended in 2005.
Marsh was taken ill last Thursday while travelling to a charity cricket match in Queensland.
He effected 355 dismissals - a world record at the time of his retirement - in 96 Tests for Australia from 1970 to 1984.
He also played 92 ODIs and served as Australia men's chairman of selectors until 2016.
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