This Bangladesh cricketer tests positive for coronavirus

Former Bangladesh cricketer Nafees Iqbal has tested positive for coronavirus, as per the media report. He is elder brother of Bangladesh batting star Tamim Iqbal.

Nafees Iqbal himself confirmed that he has contracted the virus and is currently in home isolation in Chittagong. Nafees Iqbal last played for Bangladesh way back in 2006.

Last month, Bangladesh’s development coach and former first-class cricketer Ashiqur Rahman had tested positive for the virus too.

Earlier this month, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was tested positive for the virus as well. He became the third cricketer from Pakistan and the second international to have contracted the virus.