After Ankit Keshri, yet another young cricketer injured on field

New Delhi: Another young cricketer Rahul Bose suffered a fatal head injury on Tuesday, while playing a match in Kolkata.

The injured player was immediately taken to a private hospital in the city for treatment. Doctors found clots in his head.

“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.

It was Bengal Cricket Assosiation's match taking place at Sourav Ganguly's cricket academy.

Sadly a day before the incident, East Bengal Club cricketer Ankit Keshri had succumbed to injuries, which he picked up during a cricket match.

Keshri was in hospital for the past three days and was showing signs of recovery till yesterday evening when he was given oral food. However, in the early hours of this morning, Keshri had 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.

In what can be considered a cruel twist of fate, Keshri was not a part of the playing XI and was the 12th man of the side in the fateful match. He came to replace Railways Ranji all-rounder Arnab Nandi, who had taken a break.