Delhi-based coach Suresh Batra, who was assistant coach to Rajkumar Sharma when present India captain Virat Kohli started coaching at the West Delhi Cricket Academy, has handed away on Thursday. He was 53.
According to senior journalist Vijay Lokapally, Batra collapsed on Thursday morning after his each day prayers.
Suresh Batra (striped t-shirt), who coached @imVkohli when he was an adolescent, handed away on Thursday. He had completed his each day morning puja and collapsed. He was 53. “I lost my younger brother. Knew him since 1985,” mentioned Rajkumar Sharma. May his soul Rest in Peace…. pic.twitter.com/pW3avt6NpP
— Vijay Lokapally (@vijaylokapally) May 21, 2021
“Suresh Batra (striped t-shirt), who coached @imVkohli when he was a teenager, passed away on Thursday. He had finished his daily morning puja and collapsed. He was 53,” Lokapally tweeted.
He additional quoted Rajkumar Sharma, Kohli’s childhood coach, as saying, “I lost my younger brother. Knew him since 1985.”
Cricket coach Suresh Batra handed away this morning. Virat Kohli, Manjot Kalra, Varun Sood… Batra sir performed a significant position in shaping these careers… Tiwari ji, Sood sir and now Batra sir. It has been a troublesome powerful month for Delhi cricket. Poorer with out them! 🙏🏻 @kushansarkar
— Sahil Malhotra (@Sahil_Malhotra1) May 20, 2021
Years earlier than Kohli would change into the batting celebrity that he’s immediately, it was Sharma and Batra who helped him hone his expertise when he began coaching underneath them aged 9. Besides Kohli, a number of different notable Delhi cricketers together with the 2018 U-19 World Cup winner Manjot Kalra, who additionally scored a century within the remaining towards Australia, additionally educated underneath Batra.
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