9 Tragic Incidents on The Cricket Field

BANGALORE: Injuries on the cricket field have been on the ascent, gear makers to persistently make progress towards the manufacture of safe apparatuses to give players all-round assurance.

Anyhow it’s something you can't have an infallible against, since games injuries are a part of a sportsman's life. Here is the list of 9 players compiled by cricketnext who were badly injured during a cricket match, some of them recovered and the rest couldn’t make it.

#Ankit Keshri, 19, India

In another tragic on-field incident after Phillip Hughes' death last November, a promising Bengal batsman Ankit Keshri passed away owing to an injury sustained during a Cricket Association of Bengal's senior one-day knock-out match on April 17.

Keshri was in hospital for three days and was showing signs of recovery, but later Keshri suffered a massive cardiac arrest and was put on ventilator before he was declared dead.

The 20-year-old, a talented right-hander, had captained the Bengal U-19 team in Cooch Behar Trophy and was in the 30-member India U-19 probables list for the 2014 Colts World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. He was also playing for Bengal A (U-23 side) in CK Nayudu national Championship.

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