BCCI chief passes away

Kolkata: BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya, one of cricket’s most influential administrators who will be remembered for bringing money into the game, passed away at a city hospital on Sunday evening following a massive cardiac arrest.
The 75-year-old Dalmiya, who was admitted to the city’s B M Birla Hospital on Thursday night, is survived by his wife Chadralekha, daughter Vaishali and son Abhishek.
Dr Anil Mishra, who was treating Dalmiya, said he died of “massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage” at 8.45pm.
“He was responding to treatment but became unstable in the morning. Our medical board decided to conduct an angioplasty late afternoon. He was stabilised but after that there was a massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage which led to a lot of bleeding. He succumbed to the bleeding at 8.45pm,” Dr Mishra said in his official medical bulletin. He confirmed two stents were planted in his heart.
Dalmiya’s death plunged the cricket fraternity into a grief as reactions poured in from former cricketers and administrators condoling his demise.
BCCI condoled the demise of its president and said the cricketing fraternity will miss the veteran administrator of the game dearly.
“On behalf of all the members of BCCI, I wish to submit our condolences to the bereaved family of Mr. Dalmiya. As a visionary and a father figure of Indian cricket, Mr. Dalmiya worked towards the development of the game of cricket in India. The cricketing fraternity will miss him ,” BCCI secretary A Thakur said. (PTI)