Sachin Tendulkar, Narendra Modi condole death of young cricketer Ankit Keshri

Sachin Tendulkar on Monday condoled the demise of young batsman Ankit Keshri, who passed away after a freak on-field collision during a Cricket Association of Bengal's senior one-day knock-out match on April 17.

New Delhi: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the demise of young batsman Ankit Keshri, who passed away after a freak on-field collision during a Cricket Association of Bengal's senior one-day knock-out match on April 17.

"Saddened by the demise of Ankit Keshri. A promising career aborted by an unfortunate incident on field. May God give strength to his family and friends to cope with this loss," Tendulkar wrote on his Facebook page.

In fact, the Little Master took to Twitter as well to express his feelings. 

Saddened by the demise of Ankit Keshri. A promising career aborted by an unfortunate incident on field. — sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 20, 2015

May God give strength to Ankit's family and friends to cope with this loss #RIP — sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 20, 2015

Modi also tweeted his grief at the death.

In Ankit Keshri, we lost an enthusiastic youngster & a passionate cricketer. An untimely, unfortunate demise. RIP. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 20, 2015

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 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.

"Fielding at sweeper cover, Keshri rushed to take the high catch as left-arm pacer Sourav Mondal too ran on his follow through. It was as freak an accident as possible," Bengal A coach Jaideep Mukherjee, who was present at the ground, told PTI.

Other cricketers too condoled the sad demise of young cricketer.  

Sad to learn of the passing of Ankit Keshri. Unfortunate injury on cricket field. Thoughts and prayers to family and friends — Jacques Kallis (@jacqueskallis75) April 20, 2015

Just heard about the tragic incident with Ankit Keshri. RIP young one. Heart goes out to his family. — Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) April 20, 2015

Heard the sad&devastating news of the demise of Ankit Keshri.My heartfelt condolences to his family and friends.May his soul R.I.P. @BCCI — VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) April 20, 2015

Heart breaking to hear about the sad demise of Ankit Keshri. RIP champ.

— R P Singh (@RpSingh99) April 20, 2015

Life teaches u just how unpredictable it is. Saddened 2hear of a young loss in cricket.An upcoming cricketer Ankit Keshri! Gone 2soon!RIP — Harbhajan Singh (@harbhajan_singh) April 20, 2015

With agency inputs