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Australian cricketer Shane Warne dies at 52; cricket community mourns his demise on social media

Cricketers such as Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kholi, and David Warner expressed their grief on the shocking death of Shane Warne.

Shane Warne

New Delhi: Veteran Australian cricketer Shane Warne passed away on the evening of Friday. He was 52. It is reported that Shane was in Thailand at the time of his death.

Following Warne’s death, many people took to social media to express their grief on his death. Among those, the cricket fraternity also took to social media to mourn the demise of the cricketer.

Warne is suspected to died due to a heart attack. He was a father of two daughters and a son. Shane had married a yoga instructor, Simone Callahan, and lived together for 10 years. They separated from each other in 2005.

Sharing the news of the legendary spinner’s death, Warne’s management stated, ”Sahne was found unresponsive in his villa and despite the best efforts of medical staff, he could not be revived. The family requests privacy at this time and will provide further details in due course.”

Warne’s death is the second biggest death in Australian cricket history as former Wicketkeeper Rod Marsh also died today morning. Marsh died at the age of 74.

He had also suffered a heart attack in Queensland last week.

Sharing a photo of  Warne, BCCI condoled the death of Warne, ”The global cricketing community is poorer today with the passing away of Australian great Shane Warne.”

The biggest cricketers such as Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Virat Kholi expressed their grief on the shocking death of Shane Warne.

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