Former India cricketer Yashpal Sharma dies of heart attack aged 66

Former India cricketer Yashpal Sharma, aged 66, died due to a cardiac arrest on Tuesday.

Part of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning team, Sharma played 37 Test matches and 42 One-Day Internationals in his career.

Sharma made his ODI debut in 1978 against Pakistan and went on to play a number of valuable knocks for India in the middle order.

He scored 1606 runs (two centuries) at an average of 33.45 in Test cricket, and 883 runs at an average of 28.48 in ODIs.