Lucknow: Former India cricketer and Uttar Pradesh Minister Chetan Chauhan has died of Covid-19 related complications. Chauhan was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon after testing positive for the virus.
Chauhan shone as a gritty player against fiery pace overseas as Sunil Gavaskar’s enduring opening partner in the 1970s.
The two-time former BJP Lok Sabha MP from Amroha was Home Guard Minister in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet. He tested positive for Covid-19 last month and was shifted to a Gurugram hospital after his condition worsened. He is survived by wife Sangeeta and son Vinayak.
In an India career from 1969 to 1981, Chauhan played 40 Tests and seven ODIs. He scored 2,084 Test runs with 16 half-centuries, but never scored a century, with a best of 97. The prolific domestic batsman in a two-decade first-class career played Ranji Trophy for Maharashtra and then Delhi.