<div>A young cricketer from West Bengal died on Monday following a freak on-field accident on Friday. <br /><br />Twenty-year-old Ankit Keshri, former captain of the Bengal Under-19 team, had been injured in a collision with another player during a match on Friday. He succumbed to his injury on Monday. <br /><br />The on-field incident brought back memories of the death of Australian cricket player Phil Hughes at the Sydney Cricket Ground four months ago. The 25-year-old had passed away two days after being struck in the neck by a bouncer. <br /><br />During Friday's Division-1 knockout match, organised by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) between East Bengal and Bhowanipore at the Jadavpur University Campus ground in south Kolkata, Ankit came in as a substitute fielder for his home team, East Bengal. <br />During the 44th over of the Bhowanipore innings, both Ankit and bowler Sourav Mondal moved in to take a catch.<br /><br />According to Shivsagar Singh, another player fielding close to Ankit, neither cricketer noticed the other and collidedwith Mondal’s knee crashing into Ankit’s head and neck. <br />While Mondal went down in pain, Ankit was seen lying flat and not breathing, blood trickling from his mouth. <br /><br />Although Ankit responded to Shivsagar’s efforts to resuscitate him, he was rushed to a private hospital, where the Under-19 probable in the 30-member squad for the World Cup in 2014 was admitted to the intensive care unit. <br /><br />East Bengal coach Pranab Nandy said there was no negligence as a doctor was immediately on the case and Ankit was transferred to the hospital within 15 minutes.<br />While Ankit was later transferred to another private hospital in south Kolkata, CAB treasurer Biswarup Dey said the doctors informed him on Sunday that although Ankit’s condition was stable, he had fever. <br /><br />While the doctors were supposed to refer him to consult specialists on Monday, he had a massive cardiac arrest around Sunday midnight, following which he was put on ventilator. Ankit succumbed early Monday morning. <br /><br />A talented right-hand batsman and leg-spinner, Ankit was the captain of the Bengal Under-19 team in the Cooch Behar Trophy, and represented Bengal’s Under-25 squad in the C K Nayudu national championship.<br /><br /><br /></div>
<div>A young cricketer from West Bengal died on Monday following a freak on-field accident on Friday. <br /><br />Twenty-year-old Ankit Keshri, former captain of the Bengal Under-19 team, had been injured in a collision with another player during a match on Friday. He succumbed to his injury on Monday. <br /><br />The on-field incident brought back memories of the death of Australian cricket player Phil Hughes at the Sydney Cricket Ground four months ago. The 25-year-old had passed away two days after being struck in the neck by a bouncer. <br /><br />During Friday's Division-1 knockout match, organised by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) between East Bengal and Bhowanipore at the Jadavpur University Campus ground in south Kolkata, Ankit came in as a substitute fielder for his home team, East Bengal. <br />During the 44th over of the Bhowanipore innings, both Ankit and bowler Sourav Mondal moved in to take a catch.<br /><br />According to Shivsagar Singh, another player fielding close to Ankit, neither cricketer noticed the other and collidedwith Mondal’s knee crashing into Ankit’s head and neck. <br />While Mondal went down in pain, Ankit was seen lying flat and not breathing, blood trickling from his mouth. <br /><br />Although Ankit responded to Shivsagar’s efforts to resuscitate him, he was rushed to a private hospital, where the Under-19 probable in the 30-member squad for the World Cup in 2014 was admitted to the intensive care unit. <br /><br />East Bengal coach Pranab Nandy said there was no negligence as a doctor was immediately on the case and Ankit was transferred to the hospital within 15 minutes.<br />While Ankit was later transferred to another private hospital in south Kolkata, CAB treasurer Biswarup Dey said the doctors informed him on Sunday that although Ankit’s condition was stable, he had fever. <br /><br />While the doctors were supposed to refer him to consult specialists on Monday, he had a massive cardiac arrest around Sunday midnight, following which he was put on ventilator. Ankit succumbed early Monday morning. <br /><br />A talented right-hand batsman and leg-spinner, Ankit was the captain of the Bengal Under-19 team in the Cooch Behar Trophy, and represented Bengal’s Under-25 squad in the C K Nayudu national championship.<br /><br /><br /></div>
