<p>Indian players stepped into the VCA Stadium wearing black armbands as a mark of respect to the deceased India U-19 team fitness trainer Rajesh Sawant and father of speedster Mohammed Shami, here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India were playing England in the second T20 International. Sawant was found dead in a private hotel in Mumbai this morning, police said. It is suspected that he may have died due to cardiac arrest, they added.<br /><br />Sawant was even part of the Rest of India side that beat Gujarat in the Irani Cup last week. Sawant was supposed to report for training ahead of the U-19 side's first ODI against England on January 30, but didn't show up.<br /><br />Two days ago, Shami's father Tousif Ali had passed away after suffering a heart attack, forcing the cricketer to leave his rehab with the T20 team and rush to Amroha.<br />The pacer's father had been hospitalised since January 5 when he had first suffered a heart attack. <br /></p>
<p>Indian players stepped into the VCA Stadium wearing black armbands as a mark of respect to the deceased India U-19 team fitness trainer Rajesh Sawant and father of speedster Mohammed Shami, here today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>India were playing England in the second T20 International. Sawant was found dead in a private hotel in Mumbai this morning, police said. It is suspected that he may have died due to cardiac arrest, they added.<br /><br />Sawant was even part of the Rest of India side that beat Gujarat in the Irani Cup last week. Sawant was supposed to report for training ahead of the U-19 side's first ODI against England on January 30, but didn't show up.<br /><br />Two days ago, Shami's father Tousif Ali had passed away after suffering a heart attack, forcing the cricketer to leave his rehab with the T20 team and rush to Amroha.<br />The pacer's father had been hospitalised since January 5 when he had first suffered a heart attack. <br /></p>