In a sad bit of news, Chetan Chauhan, the former India opening batsman and veteran cricket administrator, has died on Sunday due to complications caused by COVID-19. Chauhan, who in July had tested positive for the Covid-19, was yet to recover fully when a further infection affected his kidneys and caused blood pressure problems. After testing positive for Covid-19, Chauhan was hospitalised at the Sanjay Gandhi PGI hospital in Lucknow.
He was later moved to Gurugram’s Medanta hospital when on Friday night, Chauhan’s condition deteriorated, after which the doctors put him on life support. Chauhan was twice elected to the Lok Sabha from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, in 1991 and 1998 and was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1981. During his 12-year-long cricket career, Chauhan played 40 Tests scoring 2084 runs with 16 half-centuries and two wickets.
