Former India wicketkeeper-batsman and ex-national chief selector Kiran More was nothing short of gutted on learning about the suicide of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, 34. More had coached Rajput to play the lead role in the biopic, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story.

"It-s a big loss to me personally. I became his good friend while working on his cricket for nine months in 2016. Back then, he shared with me details of how he came to Mumbai [from Patna] and what it took to become a star in Mumbai—a talented and learned boy," More told mid-day from Baroda on Sunday. Rajput committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence in Bandra on Sunday morning.