Himachal Pradesh’s cricketer Siddharth Sharma left for his heavenly abode aged 28 on January 12 at about 9:00 p.m. while on a trip for the Ranji Trophy with his team in Gujarat. He had been on the ventilator for the past two weeks and breathed his last on Thursday. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister’s Office broke the news of the pacer’s death.
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Sharma, who had previously won the Vijay Hazare Trophy with his side, had been going through a prolonged illness. He had been hospitalised for quite some time, and amid reports of his recovery, his health deteriorated and he passed away in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu expressed grief over the shocking news as the official CMO account tweeted:
“Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has expressed deep grief over the demise of Siddharth Sharma, a member of Himachal’s Vijay Hazare Trophy-winning cricket team and the state’s star fast bowler. The Chief Minister has expressed his deepest condolences with the bereaved families.”
मुख्यमंत्री श्री @SukhuSukhvinder ने हिमाचल की विजय हजारे ट्रॉफी विजेता क्रिकेट टीम के सदस्य रहे और प्रदेश के स्टार तेज गेंदबाज सिद्धार्थ शर्मा के निधन पर गहरा शोक व्यक्त किया है। मुख्यमंत्री ने शोक संतप्त परिजनों के साथ अपनी गहरी संवेदनाएं व्यक्त की हैं।
— CMO HIMACHAL (@CMOFFICEHP) January 13, 2023
