New Delhi, July 20 : Hockey legend Mohammad Shahid passed away after battling kidney and liver problems at a Gurgaon hospital on Wednesday. He was 56.
Shahid was part of the Indian team that clinched the gold medal in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
The legend was battling for life after a bout of jaundice and dengue made his condition worse.
Earlier this month, he was airlifted from Varanasi and admitted to the Gurgaon hospital.—IANS
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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.
“Indeed we belong to Allah and indeed it is to Him we are to return.”
ALLAH SUBHAN HAU TALA GRANT HIM JANNAH AND GIVE SABAR TO HIS HAPPLY. AMEEN
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un.
His skill and ability at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games earned him a place in the Asian All-Star team in 1986. His biggest contribution to the game of field hockey was the ‘half push- half hit’- a stroke he used to hit the ball using the same grip used to dribble the ball. With the left hand on top of the handle and the right half low down around the centre of the stick he used to essay this shot with a minimum back lift and slam the ball towards his partner-teammate to make an early and accurate pass. The same stroke was adapted by his successor Dhanraj Pillay , who was an ardent fan of the maestro.