Original sentence: He has forged many formidable partnerships with long time team mate and friend, Mahela Jayawardene and holds numerous batting records in the modern era across all formats of the game.He is widely regarded as one of the world most influential cricketer
Edited sentence: He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsman to have played  the game He has forged many formidable partnerships with long time team mate and friend, Mahela Jayawardene and holds numerous batting records in the modern era across all formats of the game