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Leading cricket coach Tarak Sinha has passed away

New Delhi: Leading cricket coach and Dronacharya Award winning coach Tarak Sinha (71) has passed away. Tarak Sinha has coached various generations of cricketers, including Manoj Prabhakar, Ashish Nehra, Shikhar Dhawan and Rishabh Pant.

He was being treated for lung cancer. Recently, his health condition has deteriorated. Death followed.

Tarak Sinha became the fifth Indian cricket coach to receive the Dronacharya Award after Deshprem Azad, Gurcharan Singh, Ramakant Achrekar and Sunita Sharma. He will receive the award in 2018.

Tarak Sinha has also coached Sanjeev Sharma, Aakash Chopra, Anjum Chopra, Surender Khanna, Randhir Singh, Raman Lamba, Ajay Sharma, KP Bhaskar and Atul Vasan. He was remembered by many celebrities, including former stars.

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