Sharma suffered a heart attack after returning from his morning walk and collapsed at around 7.30 am.
The right-handed batsman, who was the backbone of India’s middle order in the 1983 World Cup, played 37 Test matches, scoring 1606 runs and scoring 883 runs in 42 ODIs. He also played 160 first-class matches representing Punjab, Haryana and Railways and scored 8933 runs.
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