One of the India’s prominent BCCI General Manager and cricketer MV Sridhar, who recently resigned from his position has died on Monday. 51-Year-Old Sridhar suffered a massive cardiac arrest at his Hyderabad residence and was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital. For nearly four years till last month, Sridhar was in charge of BCCI’s cricket operations.
Reports from the media claim that Sridhar was actually getting ready to have lunch when he suffered a heart attack. He captained the Hyderabad team in the 1990s, has 21 first-class centuries to his name, including a triple-century. Sridhar was credited with being one of the most influential batsmen in a Hyderabad side that was without Mohammed Azharuddin, who was away on national duty.
Acclaimed as the prolific right-hander, he played over 97 first-class matches for Hyderabad and South Zone, scoring 6,701 runs at an average of 48.91. With 366 as his highest individual score which even now is the third highest individual score in the Ranji Trophy, he remains as one of the most unforgettable cricketers the board has ever seen.
Cricketing legends went pouring in tweets on his death, check out the tweets here:
Extremely extremely sad at the passing of a great friend and colleague Dr MV Sridhar. May his soul rest in peace @BCCI
— Rahul Johri (@RJohri) October 30, 2017
I am deeply distressed to hear of the passing of Doc MV Sridhar. Bade bhai, life mein to abhi bhot runan banaana that aapku…..
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) October 30, 2017
Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Doc MV Sridhar at the tender age of 51. A lovely human being. Thoughts with Doc’s family.
— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) October 30, 2017
Back then, Sridhar took over the role as BCCI general manager in 2013 during the N Srinivasan administration. His role as an administrative manager in Australia during the infamous ‘Monkeygate’ involving Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds was acknowledged by many prominent people. Sridhar was there throughout the hearing and was the link between the board and team.