India and Australia players are wearing black armbands during the second T20I of the five-match series at Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday, paying tribute to 17-year-old Australian cricketer Ben Austin, who tragically died after being struck by a ball while training in Melbourne.

Austin lost his life after being struck on the neck while training in the nets at the Ferntree Gully Cricket Club in Melbourne.

“The Australian and Indian teams are wearing black armbands to pay tribute to aspiring cricketer Ben Austin, who tragically passed away after being struck by a ball in the nets,” BCCI said in a post on X.

Austin was practising with a helmet but reportedly without a neck guard when a delivery from a wanger hit him, a hand-held ball-throwing device.

He was attended by the emergency wo

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