Indian leg-spinner Piyush Chawla’s father, Pramod Kumar Chawla, died on Monday due to COVID-19 complications. The ace bowler has revealed that his father had recovered from Covid, but he had been suffering from post-Corona complications. Pramod was undergoing treatment at Delhi hospital after testing positive for the virus.
“Life won’t be the same without him anymore. Lost my pillar of strength today,” wrote Chawla on his official Instagram account.
Covid-19 has affected many cricketers and their families. While MS Dhoni’s father and mother had to be hospitalised, and Veda Krishnamurthy has lost both her mother and sister, Chetan Sakariya, lost his father on Sunday due to Coronavirus.
Piyush Chawla began his first-class and List A career in 2005, and has played three Tests, 25 ODIs and seven T20Is over the years. He was part of the trophy-winning India squads at both the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2011 ODI World Cup. He was part of the Mumbai Indians squad at IPL 2021.