{"id":37120,"date":"2026-02-19T13:22:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T07:52:54","slug":"umpire-dies-several-players-injured-in-bee-attack-during-cricket-match-in-unnao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120","title":{"rendered":"Umpire Dies, Several Players Injured in Bee Attack During Cricket Match in Unnao"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37121\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37121\" src=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431-390x220.png 390w, https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 65-year-old umpire lost his life and at least 15\u201320 players were injured after a swarm of bees attacked a cricket match in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Unnao district, police said on Thursday.<br \/>The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at Sapru Maidan in the Shuklaganj area during a match organised by the Kanpur Cricket Association. Manik Gupta, a resident of Kanpur, was officiating as the umpire when the swarm suddenly descended on the ground, causing panic among players and spectators.<br \/>Eyewitnesses said the players and officials ran for safety as the bees attacked. Gupta reportedly suffered severe injuries and fell unconscious on the field.<br \/>He was rushed to a private hospital in Shuklaganj and later referred to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur as his condition worsened. Doctors at the hospital declared him dead.<br \/>Police said further details are being ascertained.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Umpire Dies, Several Players Injured in Bee Attack During Cricket Match in Unnao - Daily Taskeen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Umpire Dies, Several Players Injured in Bee Attack During Cricket Match in Unnao - Daily Taskeen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Taskeen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-19T07:52:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editor1\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120\",\"name\":\"Umpire Dies, Several Players Injured in Bee Attack During Cricket Match in Unnao - Daily Taskeen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431-300x169.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-19T07:52:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/6cfa84d9ff0700972e0c05932c80c5a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/?p=37120#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailytaskeen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Snapshot_1431.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"A 65-year-old umpire lost his life and at least 15\u201320 players were injured after a swarm of bees attacked a cricket match in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s Unnao district, police said on Thursday. 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