Jammu, May 19: Former Jammu and Kashmir cricketer Ved Prakash Shastri on Friday lost his life in a road accident at Ban Toll Plaza, Nagroti.

Saddened by his demise, cricketers from Jammu expressed condolences and prayed for his eternal peace. They also extended support and wished for strength of his family.

Former and current cricketers of J&K including Ashwani Gupta, Kavaljeet Singh, Vidya Bhaskar, Sanjay Sharma, Dhruv Mahajan, Sameer Khajuria, Shashi Kumar, Inderjeet Singh, Vivek Singh, Guru Partap Singh, Ram Dayal, Bandeep Singh, Manik Gupta, Raman Thaploo, Aditya Pratap Singh, Jatin Wadhawan, Shubham Khajuria, Gokul Baru, Soumya Jain, Anoop Magotra, Sahil Bhalwal, Vishav Jeet Singh and Sandeep Singh sent down the condolences.