When Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) umpire Prasad Malgonkar, 60, took his position at square leg for the 11th over of a Bhama Cup Under-19 match between KRP XI CC and Crescent CC at Cross Maidan’s Sunder Cricket Club pitch on Tuesday, little did he, his fellow umpire Parthamesh Angane and the players involved imagine that Malgonkar would be lost to this world two balls into the over. 

A shocked Angane told mid-day: “He [Malgonkar] was not feeling well, complained of acidity before the toss. I told him, ‘If you are not feeling well, please take rest,’ but he said he’s fine. Even though he was doing fine during the first 10 overs of the game, after 10.2 overs, he fell and was struggling to breathe. Then, Datta Mithbavkar, our MCA coordinator, immediately took him to hospital.”