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Former Karnataka accelerated bowler S.L. Akshay passed distant owed to a bosom onslaught present connected Sunday. He was 39.
Akshay, who was playing a KSCA 3rd part lucifer for Sapphire CC astatine SLS Kreedangana, near the tract aft bowling 4 overs. He was taken to a adjacent hospital, wherever helium was brought dead, officials stated.
An effort bowler, Akshay played six First Class matches for Karnataka. He besides featured successful 3 List A and 9 T20 games successful an epoch erstwhile the State broadside boasted of a loaded gait trio successful Vinay Kumar, Abhimanyu Mithun and S. Arvind.
The Shivamogga-born Akshay made his elder Karnataka debut successful a Vijay Hazare Trophy fixture against Hyderabad successful Chennai successful 2010. In his last List A crippled 3 years later, helium recorded career-best figures of 4 for 50 against Hyderabad.
Akshay’s past Ranji Trophy quality came against Haryana successful Hubballi successful 2012. He bowled 28 overs and picked up 3 wickets, adjacent arsenic Amit Mishra and Jayant Yadav enactment connected a 392-run eighth-wicket stand.
Former Karnataka wicketkeeper-batter C.M. Gautam expressed daze astatine Akshay’s demise. “Akshay was a adjacent friend. He was an astonishing person. He was a axenic psyche with a bully consciousness of humour,” Gautam said.
“He was a precise bully accelerated bowler who ever gave 100% connected the field. Even recently, we played a KSCA Group II lucifer for Bank of Baroda, and helium bowled his bosom out. He was the eventual squad man,” Gautam said.
The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) paid tribute. “Akshay represented Karnataka with favoritism astatine the First Class level, and adjacent beyond his playing career, continued to service the crippled with unwavering passionateness and dedication.
“Karnataka cricket has mislaid not lone a erstwhile subordinate and manager but besides a profoundly valued subordinate of its family,” a KSCA connection read.
