brief period of time. He also played football during the leisure time at the KD Singh Stadium. Death He died on 8 May 2021 at the age of 60 in Lucknow due to COVID-19. He was admitted at the Vivekananda Hospital on 24 April 2021 after being tested positive for COVID-19. He had initially recovered from COVID-19 and was shifted to the non-COVID ICU ward on 6 May 2021 after being tested negative for the virus. However, his condition suddenly deteriorated unexpectedly on the very next day on 7 May 2021 and was put on a ventilator. References External links 1960 births 2021 deaths Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh Olympic field hockey players of India Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Sportspeople from Lucknow Indian male field hockey players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India