Calcutta/Shimoga: Former India and Mumbai left-arm medium pacer Karsan Ghavri suffered a heart attack early morning on Sunday and was rushed to a local hospital in Shimoga.

His condition is said to be stable, but will remain under observation for some time.

"Ghavri suffered a heart attack early this morning. He was rushed to a local hospital. He has undergone angioplasty and the doctors said that his condition is stable," Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) joint secretary PV Shetty said.

The 65-year-old Ghavri is the coach of the West Zone Under-19 team currently participating in the NCA zonal under-19 tournament.

It was in the wee hours of Sunday morning that Ghavri had complained of chest pain before being rushed to a private hospital .

Ghavri was one of the earliest new ball partners of Kapil Dev during the late 70s and early 80s, having played 39 Test matches and 19 ODIs for India. In Tests, he took 109 wickets with four five-wicket hauls and scored 913 runs with two half-centuries.

He had 452 first-class wickets and scored 4,500 runs in 159 matches. He had also coached the Bengal team, in two phases.

Ghavri also had a close association with Bengal. He was appointed Bengal coach in the 2001-02 season, but left even before the start of the Ranji Trophy because of his mother's illness. Woorkeri Raman then took charge as coach.

Then again, on July 11, 2003, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) appointed Ghavri as coach.

Bengal's performance, though, wasn't exceptional during his tenure as coach before the CAB decided not to renew contract with Ghavri after the 2004-05 season.

It was towards end of June 2005 when Ghavri shifted allegiance to Mumbai. During that period, the MCA's cricket improvement committee took the decision to hand him over the mantle of coach for the 2005-06. This was after former Test player Chandrakant Pandit decided not to continue after four years.

During his stint as Bengal coach, not everyone in the team was happy with his methods. For instance, former left-arm spinner Utpal Chatterjee.

Chatterjee had decided to quit first-class cricket in mid 2004 and had made clear his reservations on Ghavri's coaching. According to Chatterjee, Ghavri's approach didn't suit modern-day cricket.

"Ghavri's approach is not conducive to modern cricket. He played the game some 25 years back and still seems to live in the past," Chatterjee had said then.

In the recent past, Ghavri has been in Calcutta on two occasions. In 2013 when he was one of the coaches at the BCCI's specialised academy in Mumbai, Ghavri was here to attend a programme of the Central Calcutta Swimming Club.

He was back in the city for IPL 2015 final between the Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens, as one of the invitees of the CAB.