MARGAO

46-year-old former Goa Ranji cricketer Rajesh Ghodge collapsed on the ground while playing a local tournament in Rajendra Prasad Stadium-Margao on Sunday afternoon and died soon at a local hospital, organisers of the tourney informed.

After he collapsed, Ghodge was rushed to the nearby ESI hospital, from where he was shifted to a private health facility in Margao before he was declared dead, a club official informed.