New Delhi: Indian pacer Mohammad Shami’s father was hospitalized on 5th January due to severe heart-attack and passed away  on 26th January .


Shami’s father was admitted to the ICU (Intensive Care Unit). The 26-year-old had earlier shared a picture of his father on his Twitter account and kept updated about his health conditions.


The right arm bowler who has been ruled out of One Day Internationals and T20’s due to injury had a decent run against England in Test series.


Though Shami was ruled out of the series, he was still accompanying the national side.


India team on Friday morning left for Nagpur while, Shami will travel to Amaroha to perform the last rites.