Former Goa Cricketer Rajesh Ghodge Collapses on Field, Passes Away in Hospital

Former Goa Ranji Trophy cricketer, Rajesh Ghodge collapsed on a cricket ground while playing a local tournament in Margao town in South Goa on Sunday afternoon and died soon at a local hospital, said the tournament organisers. The incident took place at the Rajendra Prasad Stadium around 2.30 pm.

Meanwhile, the 46-year-old deceased cricketer was batting at 40 and was at the non-striker’s end while he broke down, Poorv Bhembre, secretary of the Margao Cricket Club, which had organised the tournament, told IANS over phone. The organisers immediately shifted Rajesh Ghodge to the nearby ESI hospital, from where he went to a private health facility in Margao town, located 30 km south of Panaji before the doctors declared him dead, the club official said.

Moreover, the deceased was also the honourary joint secretary of the tournament organising club. Bhembre, however, said that Rajesh Ghodge, who has played two Ranji matches for Goa and represented the state in several one-day games in the 1990s, had no history of medical issues.’

“He used to play cricket almost everyday. We are completely in shock with what has happened today (Sunday),” Bhembre said.