Bhuvneshwar's father passes away after battle with cancer

India fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar's father Kiran Pal Singh passes at his Meerut residence away after battling cancer for eight months. He was 63.  According to a report on ESPNCricinfo, Bhuvi's father was first detected with illness in September 2020, when the pacer was playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE. 

"It is understood that Bhuvneshwar's return from the IPL in UAE, where he was representing Sunrisers Hyderabad, was mainly due to his father's health condition," the report said.

Singh was undergoing treatment, including chemotherapy, at the All Institute of Medical Science in Delhi after consulting doctors in the UK. He was hospitalised two weeks back at a private facility in Meerut after his condition deteriorated.

"On Tuesday (May 18), Kiran Pal Singh was discharged, but he succumbed two days later," the report said.

Singh was a retired sub-inspector in the Uttar Pradesh police department.

(With inputs from PTI)