Child "misguided" about Hanif Mohammad's passing, says father is alive

Child "misguided" about Hanif Mohammad's passing, says father is alive

KARACHI: As media outlets intensely reported the passing ceaselessly of Pakistan's finest batsman Hanif Mohammad on Thursday, his child told columnists not long after the news broke that he had been "misguided" about his dad's demise. 

Shoaib Mohammad told correspondents that his dad's pulse was weak and the family erroneously trusted that he had passed away yet that he is as yet breathing and on the ventilator. 

The 81-year-old, who is experiencing lung growth for which he experienced surgery in London in 2013, was moved to the ventilator before after his wellbeing crumbled. 

Hanif was admitted to the Aga Khan Hospital three weeks prior after he confronted breathing issues, child Shoaib Mohammad told Dawn.com on Jul 31. 

The man with nerves of steel 

Conceived on Dec 21, 1934, in Junagarh, the 'Little Master' played 55 Test matches for Pakistan somewhere around 1952 and 1969, averaging a fine 43.98 including twelve hundreds. 

The privilege gave batsman was one of the nation's initial cricketers who assumed a basic part in Pakistan accomplishing Test status. 

Pakistan was conceded Test status after the group rode on Hanif's precious 64 keeps running at the top-request to win a four-day top of the line challenge against Marylebone Cricket Club, pursuing down an overwhelming 288-run focus at the Karachi Gymkhana cricket ground. 

Viewed as the most smaller batsman on the planet amid his playing days, Hanif could bowl with both arms. He likewise kept stumps at the focused level at different events. 

Hanif, a man with nerves of steel frequently weathered tempests with his impeccable skill when Pakistan's batting line-ups broken down. 

His sensational 16-hour-long 337 against West Indies at Bridgetown – which spared Pakistan from up and coming thrashing – will be dependably alive in history books. It remains the longest innings in Test history and was the longest in all top notch cricket for more than 40 years. 

It was likewise the main Test match occurrence of a triple century in a group's second innings until it was paralleled by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum against India in 2014. 

In 1958-59, Hanif surpassed Sir Don Bradman's record for the most astounding individual top notch innings. Hanif made 499 preceding being run out endeavoring his five hundredth run. This imprint remained for over 35 years before being surpassed by Brian Lara in 1994. 

Taking all things together, Hanif made 55 five star hundreds of years and completed with a solid profession normal of 52.32. 

Hanif was named as Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1968. In January 2009, Hanif, alongside two other Pakistani players (Imran Khan and Javed Miandad) were a piece of the inaugural cluster of 55 inductees into the ICC's Hall of Fame.