{"id":332919,"date":"2021-07-13T04:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T10:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=332919"},"modified":"2021-07-13T04:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T10:13:41","slug":"former-cricketer-yashpal-sharma-dies-of-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/former-cricketer-yashpal-sharma-dies-of-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Former cricketer Yashpal Sharma dies of heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former cricketer Yashpal Sharma passed away on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son.<\/p>\n

According to sources, Yashpal collapsed at home after returning from his morning walk.<\/p>\n

He was part of 1983 World Cup-winning team. In his international career, Yashpal played 37 Tests, scoring 1,606 runs, and 42 ODIs in which he made 883.<\/p>\n

He was famous for his gutsy attitude and his stroke-filled half-century in the semi-final against England in the 1983 campaign at the Old Trafford will forever be remembered. He was also a national selector during the early part of 2000s.<\/p>\n

Ex- India captain Dilip Vengsarkar expressed his shock on his demise “It is unbelievable. He was the fittest among all of us. I had asked him that day when we met how about his routine. He was a vegetarian, teetotaller, used to have soup for his dinner and very particular about his morning walks. I am just shocked,” Vengsarkar said.<\/p>\n

“As a player, he was a proper team man and a fighter. I fondly remember the 1979 Test against Pakistan in Delhi. We both had a partnership which helped us save the game. I knew him since my university days. Still can’t believe it,” he added.<\/p>\n

He was an umpire too and stood in a couple of women’s ODIs.\u00a0The multi-faceted former player also served as coach of the Uttar Pradesh Ranji team.<\/p>\n

His last Test for India was against the West Indians soon after the famous 1983 World Cup triumph.<\/p>\n

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Former cricketer Yashpal Sharma passed away on Tuesday after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 66 and is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son. According to sources, Yashpal collapsed at home after returning from his morning walk. He was part of 1983 World Cup-winning team. In his international career, Yashpal played 37 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":332920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2519,36],"tags":[834,14459,14458],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332919"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332921,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332919\/revisions\/332921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/332920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}