Sri Lanka: India and Sri Lanka will soon play a series of three T20 and three ODI matches. The Sri Lankan team will host this tour. The first T20 match will be played on July 27. This match will be held in Pallekele. Both the teams are fully prepared for the first clash.

However, before the Sri Lanka tour, a bad news is coming out for Team India. Actually, a famous cricketer of the cricket world has died suddenly. This news has created a wave of mourning among the fans. Let us know in detail in this article which legend we are talking about.

This legend dies before India-Sri Lanka series

On one hand, Team India was busy preparing for the Sri Lanka tour and on the other hand, a legendary cricketer passed away. Actually, the former cricketer who died is none other than England's Ken Palmer. He breathed his last on 23 July.

Let us tell you that he was 83 years old. Palmer (Ken Palmer) was suffering from a serious illness for a long time. He died at Musgrove Park Hospital. He represented the Somerset team during his career. This is the reason why, posthumously, this English club lowered its flag to half-mast to pay tribute to him. Let us take a look at the career of this legendary cricketer.

See the post here:

The flag at Somerset County Cricket Club is flying at half-mast today as a mark of respect following the sad loss of Ken Palmer, who passed away in Musgrove Park Hospital yesterday aged 87.#WeAreSomerset

— Somerset Cricket 🏆 (@SomersetCCC) July 24, 2024

After cricket, he contributed to umpiring

Born on 22 April 1937 in Winchester, Ken Palmer played only one international match for England. This match was a Test match against South Africa, which was played in 1965. Apart from this, in 314 first class matches, the right-handed batsman scored 7771 runs and also took 866 wickets.

After retiring from cricket, the English legend contributed to umpiring. He has umpired in 22 Tests and 23 ODIs. He was also honoured with the MBE award in 2003 for his service to cricket.