Rumours of Yasir Shah's death in plane crash surface on social media; cricketer himself clarifies

2020 continued to be harsh for the world on Friday as Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crashed in Karachi just before landing. All the passengers on board including the crew members (total 107) reportedly died in the crash. The news started doing the rounds on social media soon after the unfortunate incident that the Pakistan cricketer Yasir Shah was also in the flight and passed away in the crash.

As far as the incident is concerned, the flight took off from Lahore and was just moments away from landing at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. According to the last communication details, the plane had lost both its engines which led to it crashing in a residential area on the house in Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir.

But somehow, the tweets related to Yasir Shah’s demise started doing the rounds stating that the cricketer was one of the passengers on the ill-fated flight.

Pakistani Test Cricketer Yasir Shah Died in Plane Crush Karachi..
According to BCC news Yasir shah was in the plane when this incident was happend😣
May Almighty Allah give him heighest rank in jannah pic.twitter.com/1l9gJ8LObp

— Chowdhary Iqbal Paswal (@paswal_iqbal) May 22, 2020

Heartfelt condolences with the bereaved families who lost their loved ones in Karachi Plane Crash Pakistani test cricketer yasir shah is no more@TheRealPCB @ShaziaM93195148 @naukarshah @rishikilam pic.twitter.com/DrLMAoCHtY

— Jugnu Malik (@JugnuMalik13) May 22, 2020

I am safe in my home, tweets Yasir Shah

Looking at the death rumours surfacing on Twitter, Yasir Shah himself decided to clear the air. He took to his official Twitter handle and told his fans that he is safe at home and wasn’t on the PIA flight travelling to Karachi. He also paid tribute to the people who lost their lives and expressed solidarity for their families during this tough time. However, he deleted the tweet soon after and is yet to come up with a new tweet.

“Tnx almighty God, I m safe in my home, and we will pray for all those we lost in plane crash may Allah give them Jannat Ul Firdos,” the tweet read.

Here’s the tweet:

As far as Yasir Shah is concerned, he last played international cricket in February in a Test against Bangladesh and was also involved in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The leg-spinner featured in four matches of the league for the Peshawar Zalmi picking three wickets. With Pakistan likely to tour England for the Test and T20I series (reportedly) in August, he might be seen in action soon.