Boy, 12, dies after being struck by cricket ball whereas batting in UP’s Firozabad

The boy, recognized as Ansh, was a resident of Gadhi Ranchhor locality below Narkhi police station space, in accordance with PTI information company. 

What occurred

The boy had gone to Tundla on Monday night to play the ultimate match representing Future Cricket Academy, PTI quoted Superintendent of Police (City) Ravi Shankar Prasad as saying. He was batting when the incident happened.

While enjoying the match, the cricket ball hit Ansh’s chest, leading to him falling unconscious.

The boy was instantly taken to a non-public hospital, the place he was declared useless, mentioned Prasad. He added that no grievance has been given by the household up to now.

Further motion will probably be taken on the premise of the grievance, the SP added.

No postmortem?

The postmortem of Ansh’s physique was not carried out, mentioned the SHO of Tundla police station Anjish Kumar. He defined that Ansh’s household was not prepared to simply accept their son’s demise.

“They took Ansh to Agra for treatment believing that he is still alive. After returning from Agra, the family did not come to the police and performed the last rites on Monday itself in Firozabad,” Kumar mentioned.

Similar occasions have occurred in India previously couple of years. In 2024, Imran Patel, knowledgeable cricketer, died of cardiac arrest throughout a dwell cricket match in Maharashtra’s Pune.

Another incident was reported in 2024, the place two marathoners collapsed in the course of the race in Mumbai. Hospitals declared each instances as ‘brought dead’, with a complete of twenty-two runners requiring hospitalization.

A boy in Odisha, misplaced his life final month after he collapsed whereas working. Seven different candidates additionally fell unwell throughout the identical check. The run was part of a bodily check for the state’s Home Guard recruitment.