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Cricket fraternity in shock over VB Chandrasekhar's death

By Saurabh Sharma August 16, 2019 • 11:18 AM View: 1500

New Delhi, Aug 16: Condolences poured in on Friday for former India cricketer V.B. Chandrasekhar who committed suicide a day ago in Chennai.

A news report quoted Chandrasekhar's family member as saying that the 57-year-old was upset over the losses incurred while running a cricket league team and thus he committed suicide on Thursday. He owned a team called VB Kanchi Veerans in the Tamil Nadu cricket league and was also running a cricket coaching centre.

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