In a tragic incident, a cricketer passed away after suffering a heart attack during a local tournament in Junnar city in Pune district of Maharashtra, Wednesday.
A video of the incident has surfaced on the internet which shows the batsman at the non-striker’s end, waiting for the bowler to deliver his next ball. The yet to be identified cricketer suddenly collapsed on the pitch and passed away.
Watch video here:
Tragic! Batsman at non-striker's end dies of heart attack during live match in Pune.@BCCI @ICC @ImRo45@mipaltan @anandmahindra @imVkohli
A local cricketer passed away after suffering a heart attack during a cricket tournament in Junnar city, Pune-MH-India pic.twitter.com/KDCdUeQjYF— Aniket Powar (@ankt171) February 18, 2021
The deceased player even had a chat with the match umpire standing beside him before breathing his last.
Waiting at the non-striker’s end, his partner at the opposite end of the pitch failed to time the previous ball. After the end of the delivery, the batsman at the non-striker’s end asked the umpire how many balls remained in the over before suffering a heart attack and collapsing on the cricket field.
In a similar incident, an 18-year-old cricketer died on the pitch due to cardiac arrest February 11, 2020 in Odisha.
The deceased was identified as Satyajit Pradhan, a Plus-II student. Pradhan was at the non-striker end when he collapsed on the pitch during a match at Kendrapara Autonomous College ground.
PNN
