He was 63 and left behind a widow and two daughters and hundred of students to mourn his death. Shahid Israr's younger brother Rashid Israr also played first class cricket.
Modest but highly educated Shah Israr played his only Test against as wicketkeeper against New Zealand at Karachi in 1976/77.
Shahid Israr played 31 first class games scoring 868 runs with 93 his higest score, He took 66 catches and 22 stumping behind the stumps. He scored an unbeaten 7 runs while batting at number 11 spot and took two catches in a solitary Test match he played.
The Namaz-e-Janaza of the deceased was attended by former Pakistan captain Wasim Bari, Test cricketers Ejaz Fakih, Jalaluddin, international Ghulam Ali, KCCA President Syed Sirajul Islam Bukhari, Chairman Pakistan Veteran Cricket Association Fawad Ijaz Khan, Brig (Retd) Slahauddin, Sindh Ombudsman Asad Ashraf Malik, former first class crickets, his students, friends and relatives
After securing a degree from NED University in 1970, late Shahid Israr got his Electrical Engineering Degree from Imperial College in London in 1972.