Former India batsman Vinod Kambli, once considered as talented as his school friend Sachin Tendulkar, was admitted to a Mumbai hospital on Friday with a suspected heart attack, media reports said.
Kambli, 41, had undergone angioplasty on two blocked arteries last year and appeared to suffer a heart attack on Friday morning, NDTV news channel and Rediff website said.
There was no immediate comment from the hospital.
Kambli shot to fame in 1988 when he shared a then world record 664-run partnership with Tendulkar in an inter-school match in Mumbai, with both batsmen making unbeaten triple centuries.
While Tendulkar retired earlier this month as the world's leading run-maker in both Test and one-day cricket and an unprecedented 100 international centuries against his name, Kambli faded after a bright start.
The flamboyant left-hander hit two double-centuries and two hundreds in his first eight Test innings after earning a debut in 1993, but another three-figure knock in Tests eluded him.
Kambli played the last of his 17 Tests in 1995 before he had turned 24, finishing with 1,084 runs at an average of 54.20.
{{/usCountry}}Kambli played the last of his 17 Tests in 1995 before he had turned 24, finishing with 1,084 runs at an average of 54.20.
{{/usCountry}}He also scored 2,477 runs in 104 one-day internationals with two centuries.