Mumbai, Jan 29 (India Today): India Under-19 cricket team's strength and conditioning trainer Rajesh Sawant passed away on Sunday morning. He was 40.

Sawant failed to show up for the team's training session in the morning and was found dead in his in his hotel room, reports Wisden India..

"What I have gathered so far is he did not report for team activities in the morning, so people started looking for him and eventually he was found to have been passed away in his room," Amitabh Choudhary, joint secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, told Sportstar. "I have asked Professor Shetty (Ratnakar Shetty) to visit the site and keep me updated."

Sawant had worked with the Afghanistan cricket team before joining the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. His most recent assignments were with the India A team, which is coached by Rahul Dravid. Sawant worked with the team during their two warm-up matches against England and with the Rest of India squad for the Irani Cup tie against Ranji Trophy champions Gujarat.

India A is scheduled to play five 50-over games and two four-day games against England U-19 starting in Wankhede on Monday.