Second cricket related fatality this week, plus another serious injury.
AB Wire
NEW DELHI: As the IPL mania go on across the country, a spate of cricketing related death and injuries, like never before, has also shocked the country.
In the latest such incident, a six-year-old boy in Hyderabad, T Vamshi Krishna, died while playing cricket after he was hit on the chest by a shot hit by a batsman, according to The Times of India.
The victim was playing with other children in the neighborhood of his house in Sahara Estate in Vanasthalipuram, on Thursday evening, when he was hit on the chest by a powerful shot played by another boy.
Krishna collapsed due to the impact of the hit. He was shifted to a nearby hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment, reported the Times.
Vamshi’s parents complained to the police that negligence by the 14-year-old boy, who was batting, led to their son’s death.
Earlier this week, former Bengal Under-19 cricketer Ankit Keshri died on Monday after sustaining head injury while fielding in a Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) senior knockout match in Kolkata.
His tragic death was followed by injury to another Bengal cricketer Rahul Ghosh on Tuesday. Rahul was injured on the left side of his head when hit by a ball in a CAB club league match in Kolkata. Rahul is said to be gradually improving but is still in a Kolkata hospital, the Times reported.