I feel I lost my father, not brother says, Prasun Banerjee

Kolkata: Former India captain Prasun Banerjee, younger brother of P.K. Banerjee who breathed his last on Friday, said he lost a father figure and not just an elder brother.

"He was not just my elder brother. He was like my father," Banerjee, 64, said moments after P.K.'s death in the afternoon.

"We lost our father in 1960. He was the one who raised me. I am whatever I am because of him. He was my family," said former India and Mohun Bagan left-back who was known for his brilliant left foot.

Prasun has played both for club and country under the coaching of P.K. but he said it was his guidance off the pitch that shaped him as a human being.

"I don't know where to start. He taught me everything. Through thick and thin, he was there for me. On the pitch, he was a mentor to so many not only me. But as an elder brother, he was my father all the while as I said," said Prasun who is a Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament from Howrah constituency.

"This loss can never be repaired. I have lost my family," said Prasun with a lump in his throat. IANS

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