1983 World Cup-winner Yashpal Sharma dies after massive cardiac arrest

Former India cricketer and one of the heroes of the 1983 World Cup win, Yashpal Sharma died on Tuesday (July 13) morning due to a cardiac arrest.

He was 66. Yashpal suffered a heart attack after returning from morning walk and collapsed at around 7.30 am at his residence in Noida.

Yashpal was India’s second-highest scorer of the 1983 World Cup with an aggregate of 240 runs from 8 innings at an average of 34.28.