Hashmatullah Shahidi reveals why he got back on feet despite getting hit on head by Mark Wood’s nasty bouncer

Gurpreet Singh | 19/06/2019
Hashmatullah Shahidi reveals why he got back on feet despite getting hit on head by Mark Wood's nasty bouncer

Hashmatullah Shahidi reveals reason he got back on feet despite getting hit on the head by Mark Wood  during Eng vs Afg match at Manchester

During the 24th match of the ongoing Cricket World Cup between England vs Afghanistan at The Old Trafford, English pacer Mark Wood bowled a nasty bouncer at the Afghan middle-order batsman Hashmatullah Shahidi to send a massive concussion scare to everyone present at the stadium.

It happened during the 30th over of the second innings. Afghanistan were merely playing a catch-up game whilst chasing a daunting total of 397 posted by England in 50 overs. During the 5th delivery of the over, Mark Wood, who has bowled at a severe pace at the World Cup so far, hit a nasty bouncer which hit Shahidi on the back of his helmet.

Shahidi took his eyes off the ball just before the moment it hit him. As a result, Shahidi immediately fell on the ground as it apparently appeared to be a serious case of concussion.

But, after some medical attention, he was back up on his feet, sending everybody a sigh of relief.

Given their limited ability with the bat, Afghanistan never looked in contention to chase down 397 posted by England. They in fact lost both their openers (including their captain Gulbadin Naib) within the first 12 overs.

But, the Afghan batsman made sure that they do not give in without a fight, although in a lost cause. Useful contributions from Rahmat Shah (46 off 74), Asghar Afghan (44 off 48), and Hashmatullah Shahidi (76 off 100) made sure that the English bowlers had to toil hard to get the better of them.

“Was on my feet for my mom”- Shahidi

Post the match, Shahidi opened up on the reason why the left-hander was back on his feet moments after the nasty blow. And it was his mother.

Hashmatullah said one of the reasons he had got up quickly after being stuck was that he knew his mother and his family back home would be watching.

When the ICC doctor and the team physio attended to him, Hashmatullah said he knew what he had to do. “They told me ‘let’s go’ and I said ‘no. I can’t leave my team at the moment because my team needed me’ and so I carried on.”

 

 

 

 

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Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh is a Cricket writer at The Sportsrush. His platonic relationship with sports had always been there since childhood, but Cricket managed to strike a special, intimate nerve of his heart. Although his initial dream of playing the sport at the highest level couldn't come to fruition, Gurpreet did represent the state of Jharkhand at the under-14 level. However, almost like taking a pledge to never let the undying passion for Cricket fade away even a tad, he made sure to continue the love relationship by assigning the field of journalism as an indirect Cupid. He thus, first finished his bachelor's in journalism and then pursued the PG Diploma course in English journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC). Soon after and since 2019, he has been working at The Sportsrush. Apart from sports, he takes keen interest in politics, and in understanding women and gender-related issues.

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