Published: Apr 21, 2015, 05:33 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 21, 2015, 05:43 PM (IST)
Kolkata: A day after the death of young cricketer Ankit Keshri due to an on-field injury, another cricketer Rahul Ghosh was hospitalised on Tuesday after he sustained an injury while fielding during a local league game in Kolkata. “He has an injury in the left side of the head. There was bleeding. CT scan has been done. It shows a clot. He is now stable but has to be kept under observation for seven to eight days. Before that nothing conclusive can be said,” the attending doctor said.
On Monday, young Keshri, a promising 21 years old Bengal cricketer died after sustaining an on field injury while playing a club game for East Bengal. On Friday, he was playing a Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) Division 0ne knock-out match against Bhawanipur Club at the Jadavpur University, Salt Lake campus ground. On that game, while taking catch he collided with his fellow teammate Sourav Mondol. During the collision, he first sustained the injury. READ: Ankit Keshri was a talented cricketer and in the scheme of things: Bengal Chief Selector Raju Mukherjee
It was reported by the local media that Mondol’s knee hit Keshri’s back side of neck. He was fielding as the substitute at that time. After the injury, Keshri lost his consciousness. Shivsagar Singh, a senior member of the East Bengal and Bengal team gave him mouth to mouth resuscitation or Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) immediately. Later he was taken to nearby AMRI hospital. From there he was shifted to Nightingale hospital, where his condition was stable till Sunday evening. But on Monday morning, around 8.20 am a cardiac arrest resulted his unfortunate death.
