Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar mourn Ankit Keshri’s ‘tragic’ death
Ankit Keshri was just 20-year old and even captained Bengal U-19 side. (Source: Twitter)
Saddened by the untimely death of Bengal’s 20-year-old cricketer Ankit Keshri, several cricketers including current and former legends took to Twitter to offer their condolences.
Here are some of them:
Shattered 2 hear about Ankit Keshri’s demise. Nothing worse for parents than to see their 20-year old pass away. My condolences 2 d family
— GGF (@GautamGambhir) April 21, 2015
Saddened by the demise of Ankit Keshri. A promising career aborted by an unfortunate incident on field.
— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 20, 2015
Death of Ankit Keshri is such a tragic incident. May God give his near & dear ones the strength to bear this great loss. RIP
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) April 21, 2015
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
were thinking him to be the future of bengal cricket. not to have him among us now is unimaginable. may his family have the strength to(2/3)
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) April 20, 2015
deal with this irreparable loss.words cannot express the grief.(3/3) — Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) April 20, 2015
A game that provides so much joy, seeds so much ambition, that fills a world takes a life through an on-field collision? #AnkitKeshri.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) 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