Cricketer Dies After Collapsing on Field; Heart Attack Suspected

An 18-year-old cricketer collapsed and died of a possible cardiac arrest during a local cricket match at a college ground in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Monday, PTI reported local police as saying.

The deceased has been identified as Satyajit Pradhan, a Class 12 student of Derabish college in Kendrapara.

Pradhan was at the non-striker end and was running for a single when he collapsed on the pitch during the match at Kendrapara Autonomous College ground.

Despite him being rushed to the district headquarters hospital, hospital authorities declared him brought dead.

Quoting hospital authorities, police said that Pradhan might have died of a possible heart attack.

A case of unnatural death has been registered. Post-mortem will be conducted on Tuesday to ascertain the exact cause of the death, the police further added.

Meanwhile, ex-Glamorgan captain Steve James’s 21-year-old daughter died after a suspected case of sepsis.

James and his wife Jane tweeted an emotional tribute to their 'beautiful' daughter: “We have the most indescribably devastating news that our beautiful daughter Bethan suddenly passed away on Saturday evening. Our hearts are broken. She was the most wonderfully caring and kind daughter and sister to Rhys.”

Bethan, who lived in Cardiff and was studying at university, was diagnosed with Crohn's disease and had been unwell but her family had no idea that she had contracted the fatal condition.