A 24-year-old boy from Mumbai met an unfortunate end after he died of heart attack during a cricket match. Vaibhav Kesarkar, a resident of Diva in Thane, suffered chest pain during a tennis cricket tournament in Bhandup. He did not opt out of the match while batting in spite of the pain.
When he came back on the ground during fielding, his pain increased due to which he went to the pavilion for rest. His health deteriorated further while sitting in pavilion. He faced a heart attack because of which he was taken to nearby Bhavsar Multispeciality hospital. However, he was not able to respond to medicine and died. Kesarkar lived with his family in Diva area of Thane.
“He (Kesarkar) suffered chest pain while playing cricket and was brought to our hospital. Later, he suffered a cardiac arrest and was declared dead. “His body was handed back to his family. It was a natural death,” said Dr Satyen Bhavsar, who owns the Bhavsar Hospital where the cricketer was rushed to from the playground. Quizzed when the man was brought to the hospital, Bhavsar said around noon. It is learnt that Kesarkar used to regularly feature in local level tennis ball cricket tournaments.
With PTI inputs