Chennai: Former Indian national cricketer VB Chandrasekhar has died in what investigators suspect was suicide prompted by worries about debt, police said Friday.
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Chandrasekhar, 57, was found in his bedroom by his family in the southern city of Chennai on Thursday evening, police investigator Senthil Murugan said.
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Financial stress
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“We have booked a case of unnatural death. According to our preliminary investigation, he has been under a financial stress. The autopsy report is awaited,” Murugan told AFP.
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Opening batsman Chandrasekhar represented India in seven one-day internationals from 1988-90 and helped Tamil Nadu state win the 1987 Ranji trophy.
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He owned a Tamil Nadu Premier League team, the VB Kanchi Veerans, and also ran a cricket academy, VB’s Nest, in Velachery, the Times of India daily reported online.
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“Very sad to hear of the passing away of VB Chandrasekhar. Have fond memories of him. My condolences to his family,” former India great Sachin Tendulkar tweeted.
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