Najeeb Tarakai, the Afghanistan top-order batsman, has died at 29 from injuries he sustained in a road accident.
According to news reports, Najeeb was hit last week by a car while crossing the road at Eastern Nangarhar. The Afghanistan Cricket Board confirmed on Tuesday, 6 October, that he had succumbed to his injuries.
“ACB and Afghanistan Cricket Loving Nation mourns the heart breaking and grievous loss of its aggressive opening batsman & a very fine human being Najeeb Tarakai (29) who lost his life to a tragic traffic accident leaving us all shocked,” the board said on social media.