India cricketer Kedar Jadhav’s father, Mahadev Jadhav, was found by police hours after he went missing on Monday, March 27. The cricketer’s father was found in the Mundhwa area of Pune after a search operation began following a complaint lodged by Kedar at the Alankar police station.
Mahadev Jadhav Suffers from Dementia
As per reports, Kedar’s 75-year-old father suffers from dementia (a general term for memory loss). It is understood that Mahadev Jadhav had left their Kothrud home for a morning walk on Monday and went missing as he was last spotted exiting the gate of the house.
What is dementia?
Dementia is a disorder that manifests as a set of related symptoms, which usually surfaces when the brain is damaged by injury or disease. The symptoms involve progressive impairments in memory, thinking, and behavior, which negatively affects a person’s ability to function and carry out everyday activities. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. Some people with dementia cannot control their emotions, and their personalities may change.
What are the causes of dementia?
Dementia is caused by damage to or loss of nerve cells and their connections in the brain. Depending on the area of the brain that’s damaged, dementia can affect people differently and cause different symptoms. There are different diseases that can cause dementia. Many of these diseases are associated with an abnormal build-up of proteins in the brain. This build-up causes nerve cells to function less well and ultimately die. As the nerve cells die, different areas of the brain shrink.
Kedar Thanks Fans and Police
Kedar immediately lodged a complaint after his father didn’t return home after a couple of hours. The local police accessed the CCTV footage and began a search operation to find the 75-year-old. The cricketer took to his social media accounts to share the update and thanked fans and the police after they traced his father, a few hours later.
Kedar’s Professional Career
Speaking about his professional career, Kedar has featured in 73 ODIs and nine T20Is for the national team and has amassed 1389 and 122 runs respectively across the two formats.
Meanwhile, the middle-order batter was snubbed in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mini-auction in December 2022. Despite that, the batter garnered a lot of attention as he slammed a majestic double century (283 runs) against Assam in the Ranji Trophy and followed it with two half-centuries (56 and 71 runs) and one ton (128 runs) in his last five outings.
Kedar last played for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2021 IPL season and featured in only six matches wherein he amassed 55 runs. The right-hander went unsold in the following mega-auction and did not feature in the auction of the 2023 season.
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