Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashref Mortaza tests Covid-19 positive
Dhaka/IBNS/UNI: Former Bangladesh cricket captain Mashref Bin Mortaza has tested positive for coronavirus becoming the second high-profile cricketer after former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi, to get infected by the contagion.
He was unwell for the last couple of days and was tested COVID-19 positive on Friday. He is currently in self-isolation at his home.
Mortaza, 36, who had played 36 Tests, 220 ODIs and 54 T20Is, was reportedly unwell for the last couple of days and got tested on Friday.
"My brother has had a fever for two days. He did the test last night. Today came the test positive. He is at home in isolation," Mashref's brother Morsalin Mortaza told Cricbuzz.
Mortaza has become a Member of Parliament from Narail constituency in 2018. He has supported the coronavirus victims in Bangladesh with all his hearts since the outbreak of the pandemic.
From donating his Bangladesh cricket’s salary to supporting 300 needy families in Narail, his birthplace and the Lohagara upazila with food and essential items, the 36-year-old has done it all.
Earlier in the day, the news of former Bangladesh cricketer and elder brother of ODI captain Tamim Iqbal, contracting Covid-19 also came out.
The number of total confirmed Covid19 cases in Bangladesh till Saturday afternoon counted to 108,775 with 1425 deaths while 43,993 have recovered from the disease.
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