NEW DELHI (India): Former India Test opener Chetan Chauhan has died aged 73 from coronavirus, AFP reported on Sunday.
Chauhan is best remembered as a prolific opening partner of legend Sunil Gavaskar.
The former cricketer tested positive last month and was put on ventilator support at a hospital in Gurgaon, but his condition worsened after he suffered multiple organ failure.
“He had tested negative but then the reports came positive again,” brother Pushpendra Chauhan told AFP.
After playing 40 Tests for India, Chauhan switched to politics and was a minister in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh as a member of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
Born July 21, 1947, the right-hander scored 2,084 runs and shared 10 century partnerships with Gavaskar.
He failed to score a Test century, with 97 his highest-ever innings.
In 179 first-class matches, he accumulated 11,143 runs, earning a reputation for his solid defence and doggedness.
