New Delhi: India 1983 World Cup Hero Yashpal Sharma died on Tuesday after suffering from a big heart stop here.
He was 66 and survived his wife, two daughters and a son.
“Yes, Yashpal is no longer with us.
We just received information from his family,” Yashpal’s former Indian teammate confirmed to PTI.
In his international career, Yashpal played 37 tests, scored 1606 runs, and 42 odi where he scored 883 runs.
He was known for his brave and half a century attitude filled with strokes in the semifinals against England in the 1983 campaign at Old Trafford would be forever engraved in public memory.
He was also a national voter in the early 2000 section.