Sri Lanka's former cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena congratulated all Sri Lankan medal winners of South Asian Games 2016.

"Big congratulations to all the medal winners at SAG . Very proud of them. #proudsrilanka" Jayawardene tweeted a short while ago.

Sri Lanka is at the second place in the medal table with 25 gold, 51 silver and 76 bronze medals by the end of events on Thursday. India leads the table with 140 gold medals and Pakistan holds the third place with seven gold medals.

Sri Lanka performed exceptionally in athletics and swimming. Matthew Abeysinghe won seven golds while Kimiko Raheem won five golds and one silver in swimming. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka produced the fastest man and woman in South Asia. Himesha Heshan established a new South Asian Games record in 100m men's event.

Meanwhile, Ishara Sandaruwan also established a South Asian Games record in men's pole vault.