Published: Apr 22, 2015, 03:14 PM (IST)
Edited: Apr 22, 2015, 03:14 PM (IST)
Kolkata: Rahul Ghosh, the young cricketer who was hospitalised on Tuesday following a head injury, was deeply saddened by the passing away of fellow cricketer Ankit Keshri, with whom he had played a match. Keshri died on Monday in the same hospital, where Ghosh is now admitted. READ: Ankit Keshri passes away after sustaining on-field injury
“Rahul and Ankit played together in a league in Chinsurah. Rahul knew him well. He was deeply saddened at the news yesterday [Monday]. He did not talk much, and went to sleep early after having dinner and today this happened,” his aunt Kajori Ghosh told reporters on Tuesday. READ: Ankit Keshri honoured with a minute’s silence during DD-KKR IPL 2015 match
Rahul, now a law student, had taken up cricket when he was three and a half years old and is known as a reticent boy.
“He mostly kept to himself. We have always encouraged him to play the game ever since he was three and a half years old,” she said.
Ghosh said he was a “brilliant” student and an “obedient” son. READ: Sourav Ganguly heartbroken about Ankit Keshri’s demise
Keshri, a former Bengal under-19 cricket captain, died on Monday following the head injury he picked up in a collision with fielder Sourav Mondal while taking a catch during a local knockout tournament on Friday.
