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Former Maharashtra Ranji player Shekhar Gawli dies after falling into 250-feet-deep gorge

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: September 02, 2020 3:48 PM

Former Maharashtra Ranji player Shekhar Gawli died after falling in a 250-feet-deep gorge in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said ...

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Former Maharashtra Ranji player Shekhar Gawli died after falling in a 250-feet-deep gorge in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Wednesday.

Gawli, 45, had gone for trekking in the Western Ghat mountains of Igatpuri hill station in Nashik along with some of his friends on Tuesday evening.

"His body was found at around 10 am on Wednesday. The body will be handed over to the family members after postmortem," said an official from Igatpuri police station.

The police said that he lost his balance while trekking and fell into the gorge.

Gawli played two first class matches for Maharashtra. He was earlier the assistant coach of the Maharashtra cricket team and was currently the fitness trainer of the U23 team.

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