Cricketer Sridhar is dead

MV Sridhar, former Hyderabad cricketer and BCCI’s general manager of cricket operations, passed away on Monday morning at the age of 51 years.

Sridhar was declared dead upon arrival at the hospital after he suffered a heart attack at home. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.

Sridhar had represented Hyderabad for more than 12 years from 1988-89 and 1999-00 seasons. In his domestic career, he had made 6701 runs at an average of 48.91 with 21 hundreds.

After his cricketer career, he took up various administrative roles with Indian cricket. He was also the manager of the Indian cricket team during India tour of Australia 2007-08.