Himachal Pradesh Seamer Sidharth Sharma Dies After Brief Illness

The 28-year-old pace bowler was a part of Himachal Pradesh squad that won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2021-22 and had played six first-class, six List A and one๊ T20 game for the state with 33 wickets to his name.

"All of us at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association are devastated. Si꧋dharth left us on Thursday night. He was on ventilator support for the past few days. He ꦍwas in squad during our last round game in Vadodara against Baroda. 

"Before the game, he started vomi𒅌ting and had problems in passing urine and had to be immediately admitted to a local hospital. His condition🐼 deteriorated in following days," HPCA secretary Avnish Parmar told PTI.

Sidharth is survive🎉d by his parents and a brother, who lives abroad.

"His last rites were performed today after his brother arrived from Canada. We have lost a very s💎incere player, who would have served the state fไor long," Parmar said.

In fact, the last match that he ꦚplayed this season was at the Eden Gardens against Bengal from December 20-23, 2022 and he took his maiden five-wicket haul -- 5/69 and seven scalps in all. He was jointly the third-highest wicket-taker in the season with 12 victims from two games.

"At the beginning of the season, when physio tested each and every player, Sidharth was declared match fit. The next match after Bengal was in De♕hradun against Uttarakhand. He was rested as he had complained of uneasiness. He was picked in squad for Baroda game and fell ill before the game," Parmar said.

Sidharth's death🌠 was also condoled by Himachal꧑ Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.

"I am extremely saddened by the news of passing away of Himachal Pradesh's Vijay Hazare winning te🏅am member Sidarth Sharma. I pray to God to 🎃give peace to the departed soul and may his loved ones get the strength to bear this great loss," the Chief Minister tweeted.