BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya passes away

(BCCI) President Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away Sunday following a heart attack at a hospital in Kolkata. Dalmiya had been admitted to the BM Birla Hospital with severe chest pain on Thursday.  Dalmiya, who was 75 years-old at the time of his passing away,  A number of eminent personalities were at the hospital to pay their respects to the Kolkata businessman,

who took over the post from N Srinivasan in a landslide victory in March earlier this year after a gap of over 10 years.

“BCCI condoles the sudden demise of our president Shri Jagmohan Dalmiya,” BCCI twitter handle said after the demise.