Ankit Keshri died after collision on field

What is more worsen than a sportsman dying on the field of Sports and that also then when he is young and having aspiring dreams in the eyes.

The same thing happened with the Twenty-Year-Old Bengal Cricketer Ankit Keshri, who died at the age of twenty only due to the collision with another teammate, Mandal in an attempt to take a catch.

Who was Ankit Keshri?

Ankit Keshri was one of the best promising batsman and was hoping to play in Ranji matches in coming years. The collision with his teammate, caused him haemorrhage and brain swelling. The incident reminded us of the on-field death of Australian cricketer Phil Hughes, who was hit on his back by a short ball bounced by the bowler Sean Abott last November.

Ankit who was born on 28th October 1994 was not in the eleven players in the match and was included as the 12th player in the match but had gone to replace another player who had taken a break.

What caused Ankit Keshri died?

Ankit Keshri was only 20 years old when he died on the field. He collided so badly with another player on the ground while taking a high catch that his mouth started bleeding and he had to rush to the hospital in emergency.

It was a local match being played at the Salt Lake Stadium. It was really the ill faith of Ankit Keshri that he was the 12th man of the team but was playing as a substitute of another player who needed rest.

He did recover fine from the injury, but as soon as he was well enough, he had a cardiac arrest that ultimately resulted in his death.

Ankit keshri remained in hospital  for three days, and had started showing the signs of recovering too. He even had started taking normal food also orally but got heart attack early in the morning. He was put on ventilator before he was declared dead.

Sachin Tendulkar tweets

Saddened by the demise of Ankit Keshri. A promising career aborted by an unfortunate incident on field.

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 20, 2015

Another teammate of Ankit, Shiv Sagar Singh narrated the incident and told that Ankit had fallen down on the ground and became breathless after the collision and his eyes were rolled up. Shiv gave him mouth to mouth resuscitation which made Ankit reviving again. He was rushed to AMRI hospital in an ambulance that was parked near the dressing room without any delay.

Anil Kumble tweets and expressed his views:

Sad news of a young promising cricketer Ankit losing his life on field of play. May God give strength to loved ones to bear this loss!

— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) April 20, 2015

The hospital carried out MRI and CT Scan tests but they showed no sign of hemorrhage. The doctors suggested the family to take two more tests to check the condition properly- MRI Angiography and Carotin Dropller as he had developed fever and was feeling drowsy also. Ankit’s family but shifted him to another hospital, Nightingale Hospital  for a better treatment after signing a ‘discharge on risk bond’ agreement.

Tweet of Saurav Ganguly:

Completely shocked and devastated to hear the news of young Ankit Keshri.Can't imagine that a month ago me and my selection committee(1/3)

— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) April 20, 2015

Former Bengal Under-19 cricket captain’s condition deteriorated around 2am in the morning which was followed by cardiac arrest. Doctors provided the temporary pace maker but that also could not save him and he died as a result of arrest. The doctors at Nightangle said that Ankit had fever which was due to haemorrhage  but AMRI doctors did not tell such thing.

The family of Ankit is angry on AMRI doctors and believe their son had been a victim of wrong treatment and moreover he was not admitted to ICI even though had got sustained injuries in brain.