Pakistan's legendary former captain and batsman Hanif Muhammad, who held the record for the longest innings in Test cricket, passed away on Thursday (August 11) after a prolonged battle with lung cancer.
A spokesman for the Aga Khan Hospital, where he was being treated, confirmed that Hanif had passed away at the age of 81. ‘He was in Intensive Care Unit and on a ventilator for respiratory problems and passed away today,’ he said.
Hanif, had earlier in the day, been declared clinically dead for around six minutes before he was revived back to life. Hanif's son Shoaib Muhammad had first announced from the hospital on various television channels that his father had passed away after losing a protracted battle with various ailments. But few minutes later it was clarified that Hanif was still alive.
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