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17-year-old Bangladeshi boy dies after being hit by cricket ball

Updated on: 08 October,2017 11:03 AM IST  |  Dhaka
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A Bangladeshi teenager died in hospital in Dhaka after he was hit by a ball while umpiring a cricket match, police said on Saturday

17-year-old Bangladeshi boy dies after being hit by cricket ball

A Bangladeshi teenager died in hospital in Dhaka after he was hit by a ball while umpiring a cricket match, police said on Saturday.Rafiqul Islam, 17, was declared dead at Dhaka Medical College Hospital late Friday after being rushed there in critical condition following the incident at Balur Math ground in Bangladesh’s capital. "A group of youths were playing cricket in the field and the boy was the umpire. He collapsed on the field after a ball hit him in the chest," said local police chief Enamul Haque.



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"He is from a very poor family. His father is a rickshaw-puller and mother works as a housemaid. They buried him last night," he said. The incident comes three years after the tragic death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes in similar circumstances.


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