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A 20-year-old cricketer, Ankit Keshri, from the Indian city of Kolkata, died on Monday after a freakish collision on the field.
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Pain and disbelief. How could this happen?
The brother of cricket player Ankit Keshri sits outside the hospital where the 20-year-old died.
Doctors say it was because of a heart attack that came three days after he collided with a teammate when jumping for a high catch in a cricket match in Kolkata.
SOUNDBITE: (English), Dr. Arpan Chowdhury Nightingale Hospital doctor:
"He had a severe traumatic brain injury which gives way to swelling off the brain which can compromise his respiration and cardiac activity any time. For that reason he was kept in the ICU to see any immediate change and take appropriate measures. Unfortunately his cardiac arrest occured and we took all appropriate measures even we put in a pacemaker for his heart to work but he unfortunately succumbed to his severe brain injury because other systems in the body are also regulated by the brain and they did not work properly. We could not save this unfortunate gentleman."
The death of the former Bengal under 19s captain comes just months after Australian batsman Phillip Hughes was killed by a bouncer that hit him on the neck.
Another mother left to mourn the loss of a man, who was just playing the game he loved.
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Cricket player dies in freak accident
Tuesday, April 21 2015Category:Cricket