The 36-year-old Afghanistan umpire's death has been wrongly reported in the international media. "The Afghanistan umpire died in a roadside blast which took place in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Saturday", the TV reports said.
Speaking from Afghanistan, Shinwari , a member of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Umpires, said, "I am very much at home and safe".
"It has been wrongly reported about my death. I am alive but yes, four members from two of my uncle’s family were killed in the bomb blast".
"My nephew and the three other children of my uncle's family were travelling from home to hospital for a general check-up and a bomb blast took place nearby and they’ve passed away".
"The driver is also killed and another two of my uncle's family are injured and in hospital", he further added.
"It is a great tragedy for us but what can we do? Man is helpless against the wishes of God".
The bomb blast happened in Shinwari district of Nangarhar. The world T20 No 1 bowler Rashid Khan, who has been playing for SunRisers Hyderabad in the IPL comes from this district.
In another sad incident, Afghanistan cricketer Najeeb Tarakai is in coma after a road accident.
The 29-year-old opening batsman, who played one ODI and 12 T-20Is was in an accident in Jalalabad city. "He was hit by a car on the middle of the road and then brought to a nearby hospital", another umpire, Ahmad Shah Pakteen has said.
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