Doctors at the Orangi Town general hospital said that 1Mohammed died from a heart seizure after he was struck by the cricket ball during a club match in Orangi town on Sunday.
"He was brought to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival," Doctor Samad at the hospital said.
"We have been told he was hit in the chest by a fast bowler while batting and collapsed on the pitch," he said.
The incident comes few months after Australian batsman, Phil Hughes died in a hospital after being hit on the head by a short pitched ball during a Sheffield Shield match by pacer Sean Abbot.
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