Why India England Players Wearing Black Armband: In the second Test match of India vs England, the players of both teams have come down with a black band on the side. Both teams have done this in honor of former England cricketer Ven Larkins, who died a few days ago. On June 28, Larkins said goodbye to this world at the age of 71. It was told that he was struggling with the disease. Earlier, both teams also expressed condolences by tying a black band on the side in the Leeds Test after the Ahmedabad plane crash.

Ven Larkins died on 28 June. Between 1979 and 1991, he got a lot of recognition in the name of ‘Ned’. He played 13 Tests and 25 ODI matches for England. He also played in the 1979 ODI World Cup final, where he batting on number-7 and also took 2 wickets while bowling.

Larkins could not play much cricket for England, but played a lot of domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire. For this team, he played more than 700 matches, he was known for his brilliant batting talent. He scored 27,142 runs in his 482 matches first-class career. At the same time, he scored 13,594 runs in 485 matches in List-A cricket. Larkins scored a total of 40,736 runs in his domestic career, scoring 85 centuries and 182 half -century.