Indian and Australian players are wearing black armbands during their Women's World Cup semi-final to pay a tribute to teenage cricketer Ben Austin, who passed away after getting hit by a ball during training in Melbourne on Tuesday.

Austin, 17, was hit in the neck while batting at the Ferntree Gully Cricket Club.

He was wearing a helmet which had no neck guard while training for his club, and was hit by the ball which was thrown by a side-arm.

Austin was batting against fast bowlers in the nets ahead of a T20 match when he suffered the fatal blow in front of his teammates.

After the incident, Austin was put on ventilator but he succumbed to his injury, which revoked the memories of Australian cricketer Phil Hughes' tragic death in 2014.

Ferntree Gully confirmed Austin's death on Thur

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