Former Pakistani International Cricketer Basit Ali Suffers Heart Attack, Hospitalised

Fo me
Pakista
c ickete
Basit
Ali
has
suffe ed
a
hea t
attack
a d
has
bee
hospitalised
i
Ka achi,
acco di g
to
epo ts.
The
55-yea -old
was
take
to
a
p ivate
hospital
afte
expe ie ci g
chest
pai
a d
discomfo t,
whe e
docto s
pe fo med
a
a gioplasty.
He
is
cu e tly
u de
medical
obse vatio ,
with
epo ts
suggesti g
he
could
emai
i
hospital
fo
the
ext
few
days.

Basit
Ali
Hospitalised
Afte
Hea t
Attack

Basit
Ali
epo tedly
expe ie ced
chest
pai
a d
discomfo t
befo e
bei g
take
to
a
p ivate
hospital
i
Ka achi.

Docto s
subseque tly
pe fo med
a
a gioplasty
o
the
fo me
Pakista
batte .
He
is
ow
bei g
kept
u de
obse vatio
as
docto s
co ti ue
to
mo ito
his
co ditio .

A
photog aph
of
Basit
lyi g
o
a
hospital
bed
has
also
su faced
o
social
media,
with
Pakista i
jou alists
sha i g
the
image
a d
exp essi g
co ce
fo
the
fo me
c ickete ‘s
health.

Repo ts
suggest
Basit
is
expected
to
emai
u de
close
medical
obse vatio
fo
a
few
days.

WATCH
POST

Ou
beloved
Basit
ali
is
goi g
th ough
a gioplasty
we
wish
him
successful
p ocedu e
a d
speedy
ecove y…please
keep
him
i
you
thoughts
a d
p aye s
🙏

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—
Najeeb
ul
Has ai
(@ImNajeebH)

August
17,
2026

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I te atio al
Ca ee

Basit
made
his
i te atio al
debut
fo
Pakista
at
the
age
of
22
a d
was
ega ded
as
a
agg essive
batte
who
was
ot
af aid
to
take
o
fast
bowle s.

He
ep ese ted
Pakista
i
19
Tests,
sco i g
858
u s
i
33
i i gs,
i cludi g
o e
ce tu y
a d
five
half-ce tu ies.

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Reveals
How
Yuv aj,
Te dulka
A d
D avid
Nea ly
Made
Ga guly
Quit
Captai cy

I
50
ODIs,
Basit
sco ed
1,265
u s,
with
o e
ce tu y
a d
i e
half-ce tu ies.

His
ca ee
was
also
affected
by
allegatio s
of
match-fixi g,
which
became
a
co t ove sial
chapte
i
his
c icketi g
jou ey.

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