Raza went into coma after bullets have been pierced in his lungs and liver through the assault.
This previous Sunday, the Australia Ladies’s staff made historical past by defeating India Ladies within the 2020 Ladies’s T20 World Cup last. The Aussies received their fifth Ladies’s T20 World Cup title in entrance of a document attendance on the Melbourne Cricket Floor. The Australian openers, Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy stole the present with their batting performances whereas the duo of Megan Schutt and Jess Jonassen ensured that the hosts crush their rivals.
Whereas the followers had their consideration solely on the gamers, only a few took word of the truth that one of many two on-field umpires was Ahsan Raza, a person who survived two bullets when a bunch of terrorists attacked the Sri Lankan staff in Pakistan eleven years in the past. A member of ICC’s Worldwide Panel of Umpires, Raza was additionally presupposed to officiate the semifinal match between India Ladies and England Ladies.
At any time when somebody mentions that incident I request him to not remind me of that tragedy: Ahsan Raza
Two bullets pierced Ahsan Raza’s lungs & liver to place him in a coma through the terrorist assault on the SL staff bus in Lahore in 2009. He couldn’t stroll for months. He returned to skilled umpiring the identical yr. 11 years on, he stands in a World Cup last on the MCG. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
— Raunak Kapoor (@RaunakRK) March 8, 2020
As talked about by Raunak Kapoor in his tweet, Raza went into coma after bullets have been pierced in his lungs and liver through the assault. He couldn’t even stroll on his personal toes after that assault, nevertheless, after just a few months, he returned to skilled umpiring and final Sunday, he was officiating the World Cup last match on the Melbourne Cricket Floor.
The previous Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman disclosed that the injuries have healed nevertheless, the dangerous recollections of that assault will all the time keep in his coronary heart. He stated as quoted The Bridge, “My wounds have healed however at any time when I have a look at them I keep in mind the grotesque incident. At any time when somebody mentions that incident I request him to not remind me of that tragedy.”
It’s value noting that Ahsan couldn’t make it large as knowledgeable cricketer however he has achieved success as an umpire. His exact choices are the explanation why he was picked by the Worldwide Cricket Council to officiate a match so vital because the Ladies’s T20 World Cup last. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see what’s subsequent for the Pakistani umpire, Ahsan Raza.
