Seven more Pakistan players tested positive for COVID19 on Tuesday after Shadab Khan, Haider Ali and Haris Rauf – had tested positive on Monday.
Fakhar Zaman, Imran Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan and Wahab Riaz have tested positive, confirmed the board.
The other players – Abid Ali, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Ahmad, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Naseem Shah, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Sohail Khan and Yasir Shah – have returned negative tests.
Pakistan announced 29 members squad recently that was supposed to tour to England by the end of this month to play three Tests and three T20I.
In the support staff, the team’s masseuse, Malang Ali also contracted the virus.
The PCB medical panel is already in contact with these players and the masseur, who have been instructed to observe strict quarantine at their homes for their and their families’ wellbeing,” the board said in a release.
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