Former Vidarbha Ranji captain Praveen Hinganikar injured in car accident, wife dies

Former Vidarbha captain and coach Praveen Hinganikar was injured in a car accident while his wife died on the spot

Pravin Hinganikar, 56, former Ranji Trophy captain and coach of Vidarbha was injured in a car accident while his wife died on the spot on Tuesday. The incident took place at the Samruddhi Expressway in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra. Hinganikar is currently working as the chief curator of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) since 2018. He has also completed a Level-1 course conducted by the BCCI in 2016.

As per various media reports, Praveen was driving the car when the couple was returning from Nagpur. The car rammed into a truck that was allegedly wrongly parked on the expressway.

“The trucker had erred by parking his vehicle at a shady place on the highway. Hinganikar probably failed to spot that the truck wasn’t moving and rammed into it from behind. We have registered a case against the truck driver," Assistant Police Inspector Amar Nagre of Mehkar police station was quoted as saying by The Times of India.

"In this accident, Hinganikar’s wife, Suvarna Hinganikar, died on the spot. The injured Hinganikar has been admitted to a hospital for treatment.”, he added.

A Look at Praveen Hinganikar's professional career

Praveen Hinganikar has played 52 first-class and 17 List-A matches for Vidarbha between 1983 and 1996, scoring 2805 runs He also has 47 wickets to his name involving two 5-wicket hauls. One of the finest all-rounders in his days, Hinganikar took coaching post his retirement from playing days.

Having turned to coach after ending his playing career and went on to coach Vidarbha for a few years, Praveen also worked with the Vidarbha Cricket Association as their chief curator between 2008 and 2018. He After joining BCB in 2018, under the supervision of Praveen, the fields and pitches at ZACS, Chattogram, and Cox Bazar stadium were developed as per international standards.

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