'Don't need financial support, just prayers': Shapoor Zadran's fight for life in India
Former Afghanistan pacer Shapoor Zadran, who once stunned India’s openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag in the 2012 T20 World Cup, is battling a rare, life-threatening disease called HLH in a New Delhi hospital. Supported by teammates like Rashid Khan, his condition remains serious, but his fighting spirit endures as he faces the toughest challenge of his life.
NEW DELHI: It was India's opening match in the 2012 T20 World Cup. A star-studded line-up brimming with confidence on the back of a historic ODI World Cup victory in 2011, they were pitted against an Afghanistan side still trying to figure out the whims and fancies of ICC events, with this being their second appearance in World Cups. Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag were the openers as India were asked to bat first by then-Afghan skipper Nawroz Mangal.
Facing a bowler of 6 ft 2. 5 in stature is always a formidable task. Ask Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag even today, and they’ll remember the name of Shapoor Zadran and how he blew the pair away in his opening spell of the World Cup, dismissing them for just 10 and 8 runs.
That well-built left-arm pacer is now bed-ridden, battling for his life in India. Shapoor Zadran suffering from rare disease The man who once sprinted to the crease with flowing hair and a menacing left-arm angle is now grappling with an enemy that cannot be caught behind the stumps. Shapoor, who will turn 39 this July, is suffering from Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH).
It is a rare and life-threatening condition where the immune system essentially turns on itself. Instead of protecting the body, the immune system begins to attack healthy tissues and organs, leading to hyper-inflammation and severe damage to the bone marrow, liver, and spleen. While the disease predominantly strikes children, it can inflict adults susceptible to severe infection.
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