Afghanistan has lost one of its best national cricket team players, Najeeb Tarakai. He was 29 years old and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in eastern Nangarhar province after he had severely received injuries in a traffic accident.

“Afghanistan Cricket Board and Afghanistan Cricket Loving Nation mourn the heartbreaking and grievous loss of its aggressive opening batsman and a very fine human being Najeeb Tarakai,” the ACB said in a statement on Tuesday.

Tarakai was hit by a car on Friday afternoon, the Afghanistan Cricket Board said, adding that he went through an emergency surgery at a hospital in Jalalabad, the capital city of Nangarhar.

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