Actually, sorry for being this pedantic, but I'm certain his father died whilst the team were on tour in Australia, probably in December. He didn't take part in the VB series , and left after the Sydney test if I'm right. That tour was particularly sad for us, not only in terms of the results but also how much tragedy there was off the field for our players. Rana Naved also lost his father whilst he was on tour, just before the final of the VB series. He stayed on though, on his mom's request, and put in two fantastic performances in the best of 3 finals, which we lost 2-0 despite his and the rest of the bowling attacks best efforts.