20 Year Old Cricketer Ankit Keshri Dead | Ankit Keshri Wiki | Ankit Keshri Profile
Ankit
Keshri was in hospital for the last three days after colliding with a teammate
Mondal, and falling unconscious during a Cricket Association Bengal's Senior
one-day knockout match on April 17. Indian great Sachin Tendulkar also mourned
his demise on social media. The youngster was a right-handed batsman and a spin
bowler. Tragically, Ankit wasn’t even in the playing eleven when the incident
took place. He was fielding as the 12th man.
Ankit
Keshri, a former captain for Bengal's under-19 team, battled for three days
before passing away at a Kolkata hospital. Keshri, who was aged 20, was
representing East Bengal who were up against Bhawanipore in a Cricket
Association of Bengal (CAB) Division 1 knockout match. He actually wasn’t part
of the playing XI for his team and had come in as a replacement for Arnab Mandi
on the field.
Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is an ardent lover of sports and also owns the
IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders, was one of the first people to offer
condolences for the loss.
The
actor took to social networking site Twitter to condole and mourn the death of
the cricketer. “Too young to go… extremely unfortunate & sad. Condolences
& prayers for Ankit Keshri & his family. May Allah bless his soul.
R.I.P.”
Hrithik
Roshan too has condoled the death of the cricketer “Saddened by d tragic death
of such young sportsman. Ankit Keshri. My deepest condolences 2his family. Life
is unpredictable. life is now.”
Sachin
Tendulkar also tweeted : Saddened by the demise of Ankit Keshri. A promising
career aborted by an unfortunate incident on field.
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