The legendary Pakistan former batsman Hanif Muhammad passed away Thursday (today) in Karachi.
Earlier in the morning, the family sources said, Hanif Muhmmad heart beat was restored six minutes after it was stopped.
The 81-year old was suffering from lung cancer for two and a half years and was under treatment in a hospital at Karachi.
It was reported that Hanif was going through breathing problems, owing to which he was shifted to a ventilator.
Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had announced that the federal government would bear all medical expenses of the ailing cricketer.
Sindh Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ai Shah had also visited him at the hospital and presented a cheque worth one million rupees.
Hanif, also known as little master, scored 3,917 runs in 55 test matches and also played the biggest ever test innings of 337 runs for Pakistan.
He played for the Pakistani cricket team between 1952/53 and 1969/70 and averaged 43.98, with twelve hundreds.
At his peak, he was considered one of the best batsmen in the world. Regrettably, he played for Pakistan at a time when there was very little Test cricket being played by Pakistan, with just 55 Test matches in a career spanning 17 years.
