Kishan Rungta, the previous nationwide cricket selector, who succumbed to Covid-19 at a hospital in Jaipur on Saturday night time was 88. But until the virus caught him over every week again, he was full of life and energetic, says nephew Kishore Rungta.
Rungta, who additionally performed first-class cricket between 1953 and 1970 for Maharashtra and Rajasthan, served because the nationwide selector in three phases and for a complete of eight years. He additionally served because the chief selector for a yr.
“He passed away last night (Saturday night) at a local hospital,” Mukund Rungta, his son, advised IANS from Jaipur on Sunday.
Rungta, who was born in 1932, batted right-handed. He scored 2,717 runs in 59 first-class matches with 5 centuries and likewise captained Rajasthan.
Nephew Kishore mentioned that he had been ailing for over every week.
“He was down with Covid. He had been ill for 8-9 days and we had to admit him to a hospital here. He passed away at 9 pm on Saturday night,” Kishore, who had served as BCCI treasurer, advised IANS from Jaipur on Sunday.
The Rungta household, to which he belonged, supplied a number of directors to the Indian cricket board (BCCI). Kishan’s older brother P.M. Rungta, who was Kishore’s father, had served because the BCCI president within the early Nineteen Seventies.
“He (Kishan) was lively till he fell ill. He was going to the golf course regularly till about 20 days back before the lockdown started and all the clubs were shut. He used to play 10-12 holes and would walk the course without making any use of golf cart and would return home driving. Unfortunately, he was engulfed by illness,” remembered nephew Kishore.
“At the age of 89 (would’ve turned 89 five months later), he lived like a young man. There was no trace of him being sick. Bodily and mentally, he was very strong,” mentioned the nephew.
Kishore revealed that his uncle was writing a few books apart from the one he had already written.
“Ever since his wife died, about 2-3 years ago, he started writing books.”
The octogenarian had written ‘Stalking Tigers on Foot’ which was launched in March, 2018. An avid hunter, ‘he killed 12 tigers and several other panthers’, in accordance to the nephew. He later changed into an avid conservator.
“He was writing two more books. One was about his cricketing career and the other was about our family matters. We don’t know at what stage these are. If they have been completed, we will publish it,” added Kishore.
