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20th Sep 2015

Sri Lanka cricket star watches Man Utd with club legend’s dad

Tom Victor

There are unusual friendships, and then there’s this.

We were all surprised to see Liverpool’s Adam Lallana at Wimbledon with Game of Thrones star Kit Harington, but now we can top that in the odd couple stakes.

Sri Lanka cricket captain Mahela Jayawardena is a big Manchester United fan, as anyone who follows him on Twitter will already be aware.

But none of us expected the 38-year-old to be best buds with David Beckham’s dad Ted.

Unsurprisingly, a few Twitter users were dumbfounded at seeing the pair together.