Ex Afghan pacer Shapoor Zadran suffering from life-threatening disease, admitted in Delhi hospital Former Afghanistan pacer Shapoor Zadran is battling for his life after being diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare and life-threatening disease.
The 38-year-old left-arm pacer is currently in the intensive care unit of a New Delhi hospital, where he has been undergoing treatment since January.
HLH, which mainly affects children, is a condition in which the immune system becomes severely impaired. The patient suffers from hyperinflammation triggered by an overactive immune response, leading to damage to the body’s tissues, including the bone marrow, liver, spleen and lymph nodes.
His younger brother, Ghamai Zadran, said Shapoor first fell ill last October, and doctors in Afghanistan later advised him to travel to India for treatment.
“It was a very serious infection,” Ghamai told ESPNcricinfo.
“His whole body was full of the infection, including TB (tuberculosis). It also spread to his brain, which was revealed after MRI and CT scans.”
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Shapoor initially responded well to treatment and was discharged from hospital, but suffered a relapse after 20 days.
“The doctor said we could come in for frequent check-ups. He was feeling good for about 20 days before he got the infection again. Then we admitted him to the hospital again,” Ghamai said.
Shapoor played 44 ODIs and 36 T20Is for Afghanistan between 2009 and 2020.
Published on Apr 20, 2026
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Former Afghanistan pacer Shapoor Zadran is battling for his life after being diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), a rare and life-threatening disease.
The 38-year-old left-arm pacer is currently in the intensive care unit of a New Delhi hospital, where he has been undergoing treatment since January.
HLH, which mainly affects children, is a condition in which the immune system becomes severely impaired. The patient suffers from hyperinflammation triggered by an overactive immune response, leading to damage to the body’s tissues, including the bone marrow, liver, spleen and lymph nodes.
His younger brother, Ghamai Zadran, said Shapoor first fell ill last October, and doctors in Afghanistan later advised him to travel to India for treatment.
“It was a very serious infection,” Ghamai told ESPNcricinfo.
“His whole body was full of the infection, including TB (tuberculosis). It also spread to his brain, which was revealed after MRI and CT scans.”
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Shapoor initially responded well to treatment and was discharged from hospital, but suffered a relapse after 20 days.
“The doctor said we could come in for frequent check-ups. He was feeling good for about 20 days before he got the infection again. Then we admitted him to the hospital again,” Ghamai said.
Shapoor played 44 ODIs and 36 T20Is for Afghanistan between 2009 and 2020.
Published on Apr 20, 2026
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