‘You were the most precious thing in my life’ – Pakistan cricketer Shan Masood’s sister passes away

Pakistan cricketer Shan Masood’s sister, Meeshu, passed away and the left-hander took to Twitter to announce the news. The southpaw is currently plying his trade for Sindh in the 2021 edition of the National T20 Cup at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

Former Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Abid Ali and a number of other cricketers paid condolences to Masood and his family. Ramiz Raja, the newly-appointed chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, also dropped in a tweet for Masood.

In the meantime, the 31-year-old Masood was heartbroken after not being able to bid goodbye to his beloved sister. He uploaded an adorable picture of his sister to show his love for her.

Masood wrote, “Meeshu you were the most precious thing in my life and I did not even get to say goodbye, I will miss you so much but I know God has taken you to a better place. Please pray for my sister’s departed soul.”

Shan Masood’s tweet

Meeshu you were the most precious thing in my life and I did not even get to say goodbye, I will miss you so much but I know God has taken you to a better place. Please pray for my sister’s departed soul 🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/1AFHad7red

— Shan Masood (@shani_official) October 3, 2021

Previously, in an interview with ESPNcricinfo, Masood revealed that his sister suffered from a rare chromosome disorder that affected her development. Masood said that due to the ailment, his sister couldn’t grow mentally, although her physical development was fine.

“I don’t think there’s a lot of awareness in Pakistan about children like my sister. She’s a special child. Her physical development is completely fine. She’s 30 years old, but mentally she hasn’t developed one bit,” Masood had said.

“She’s like a new-born child. She couldn’t get a dependent visa, she couldn’t fly to England and live with my parents, so my parents were quite divided in that my mother had to keep going back and forth and my dad was running two houses at once, just to make sure my sister was fine. I just hope she realises what we do and that it makes her proud as well,” he had told.

As far as Masood is concerned, he hasn’t had a great run in the National T20 Cup, having scored 71 runs at an average of 11.83 with a top score of 31. His team, Sindh, are the current table-toppers, having won four out of six matches in the T20 championship.