Another Pakistan cricketer succumbs to Covid-19

Former Pakistan first-class cricketer Riaz Sheikh, aged 51, has lost his life to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).

Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif announced the aforementioned news on Twitter and asked everyone to pray for the departed soul.

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ہمارے قریبی ساتھی کرکٹر ریاض شیخ خالق حقیقی سے جا ملے ۔ اللہ تعالی ان کے درجات بلند فرمائے اور آپ لوگوں سے درخواست ہے کہ انکی مغفرت کے لیئے دعا کریں آمین ۔ pic.twitter.com/xjsVFjX3zh

— Rashid Latif 🇵🇰 (@iRashidLatif68) June 2, 2020

Riaz Sheikh, cricket passionate turned to right arm leg spin bowling & picked 116 wickets in 43 matches with four fivers, twice ten wickets in a match with the best of 8-60. He played cricket, he loved it. Memories we have. He was 51. ʾinnā li-llāhi wa-ʾinna ʾilayhi rājiʿūn.

— Dr. Nauman Niaz (@DrNaumanNiaz) June 2, 2020

Sheikh played 43 first-class and 25 List-A matches over the course of his domestic career, between 1987 and 2005.

The Karachi-born leg-spinner, post his retirement from professional cricket, was a working as a head coach in the Moin Khan Cricket Academy.

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Earlier in April, another Pakistan first-class cricketer Zafar Sarfaraz passed away in Peshawar, aged 50, after losing the battle against the virus.

Last week, former Pakistan opener Taufeeq Umar also revealed that he had tested positive for Covid-19 and was currently in self-isolation at his home.