Rest in peace Hanif Mohammad

In the end, the angel of death won. Hanif Mohammad lost the battle with death and left this beautiful world at which he achieved so many things. When Hanif was dead, my exams were going on and I could not find time to post anything on my blog. His sad demise saddened me a lot and like many I was crestfallen. He suffered a cardiac arrest, but survived due to the wonderful work done by the doctors and gave us the indication about his fighting qualities which made him immortal during his playing days as a cricketer.

Hanif was the symbol of hope and courage for Pakistan when they were regarded as the ‘babes’ of cricket. He was not blessed with a Javed Miandad or Inzamam-ul-Haq in the batting line-up and thus, took the responsibility to stabilize a young and the experienced batting line-up in the early days.

His defence was rock solid while he could not only offer defensive strokes, but when needed, his bat scripted attacking strokes as well. People talk a lot about his marathon knock against West Indies, but in my opinion, his 187 against England and John Snow at Lord’s in 1967 was the finest of all. He played the hook and pull with a great authority and shut the mouth of his critics.

Hanif was such a great icon that even India was moved by his sad demise. He was an awesome personality and his death is a big loss for world cricket.

Rest in peace sir.

Thank You

Faisal Caesar