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India Under-19 trainer Rajesh Sawant dies in Mumbai

Rajesh Sawant, the 45-year-old India Under-19 trainer, has been found dead in his hotel room in Mumbai

BCCI

BCCI

Rajesh Sawant, the 45-year-old India Under-19 trainer, has been found dead in his hotel room in Mumbai on Sunday. He is survived by his wife and daughter.
A BCCI press release said Sawant "passed away in his sleep." He was in Mumbai helping the team prepare for the series against England Under-19, which begins tomorrow.
"What I have gathered so far," acting BCCI joint secretary Amitabh Choudhary was quoted as saying by Sportstar, "is he did not report for team activities in the morning, so people started looking for him and eventually he was found to have passed away in his room."
Sawant had been part of the Afghanistan coaching staff in the past and worked with the India A teams that played the England XI in the two List A matches earlier this month. Sawant had also trained the Rest of India side ahead of the 2016-17 Irani Cup match against Gujarat.