ICC World Cup 2019 | Hamid Hassan expresses disappointment after getting injured in his last international match
Hamid Hassan has revealed that he was heartbroken after he left the field in the match against Pakistan due to a hamstring injury which effectively signaled the end of his ODI career. He further stated that his bowling could have won his team the match which made the experience even worse.
Hamid Hassan will always be remembered by his countrymen for tearing apart teams with his lethal pace and aggression along with the ability to swing the ball. During his peak days around 2009, he was a key factor behind Afghanistan’s quick rise to becoming a full ICC member, and he ended as his country’s top wicket taker in the various Division Leagues and Qualification tournaments, year after year.
However, injuries got the better of him soon after and having not played a single ODI for nearly four years,he was surprisingly included in the 2019 World Cup squad. Having declared that he will retire after the tournament, Hassan had been crucial in containing the opponents having conceded runs at an excellent economy of 4.69. However, in an unfortunate moment, the 32-year-old injured his hamstring after bowling two overs against Pakistan and had to walk off the field in a sad end to his glittering career.
“Of course I was looking forward to winning the game for the team. I was playing my last ODI and in a very good mood," he was reported saying by TOI. “I bowled very well in the first over and wanted to keep going but. I feel like it's something broken inside of my hamstring. I was very excited and pumped up,” the right-arm pacer added.
Defending a modest total of 228, Afghanistan was in the driver’s seat as Pakistan needed 46 off the last five overs with just four wickets in hand. But with Hassan gone, skipper Gulabdin Naib had to bowl in the death and ended up conceding 18 in the 46th over as Pakistan chased down the target with two balls to spare. He later admitted that had Hassan been there, they would have certainly ended the match as victors.
"I felt very emotional because the team missed me a lot and the ball was also reversing. The situation would have changed,” Hassan concluded. He ends his career with 59 wickets from 36 matches at a brilliant economy of 4.6 and an average of 22.54.
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