{"id":692705,"date":"2026-05-25T03:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/692705\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:23:11","slug":"sl-akshay-terrible-news-for-cricket-community-ex-ranji-player-dies-of-heart-attack-while-playing-in-local-match-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/692705\/","title":{"rendered":"Sl Akshay: &#8216;Terrible news for cricket community&#8217;: Ex-Ranji player dies of heart attack while playing in local match | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/sl-akshay.jpg\" alt=\"'Terrible news for cricket community': Ex-Ranji player dies of heart attack while playing in local match\" title=\"SL Akshay\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka Ranji cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sl-akshay\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SL Akshay<\/a> died on Sunday after reportedly suffering a heart attack while playing a local division cricket match in Bengaluru. The 39-year-old, who was from Shivamogga, had earlier represented Karnataka in the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ranji-trophy\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ranji Trophy<\/a> and also featured in the Karnataka Premier League, now called the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20. According to reports, Akshay was playing a third-division match at a ground in KR Puram. During fielding in the afternoon, he suddenly complained of chest pain. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared that he had been brought dead.Akshay\u2019s death shocked the Karnataka cricket fraternity, with many former players and officials expressing grief. Former India cricketer Dodda Ganesh shared an emotional message on X. \u201cTerrible terrible news for the cricket community. SL Akshay, 39, a fast bowler, whom I saw from close quarters from his U19 days has passed away today while playing a division match,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Just don\u2019t have words to express my grief. A soft spoken guy who played for Karnataka in 2011\/12 with decent success, is no more. RIP Akshay.\u201dThe Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) also paid tribute to Akshay and remembered his role in developing young talent after his playing career. In a statement, KSCA said, \u201cAkshay represented Karnataka with distinction at the first-class level and, even beyond his playing career, continued to serve the game with unwavering passion and dedication. As a junior-level coach, he played a pivotal role in nurturing and mentoring young cricketers, leaving an enduring impact on the development of cricketing talent in the State.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka Ranji cricketer SL Akshay died on Sunday after reportedly suffering a heart attack while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[337959,64,63,337957,740,337958,337956,199165,337955,67403,8474,337960,337954,85],"class_list":["post-692705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-akshay-cricket-legacy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bengaluru-cricket-news","tag-cricket","tag-former-cricketer-death","tag-heart-attack-while-playing-cricket","tag-karnataka-premier-league","tag-karnataka-ranji-cricketer","tag-karnataka-state-cricket-association","tag-ranji-trophy","tag-shivamogga-cricketer","tag-sl-akshay","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}