Nafees Iqbal, brother of Bangladesh captain Tamim, tests positive for COVID-19

Nafees played 11 Tests and 16 ODIs for Bangladesh.

Nafees Iqbal, the former Bangladeshi cricketer, and brother of current Bangladeshi limited-overs captain Tamim has been tested positive for COVID 19, as per reports.

The Daily Star newspaper reported that Nafees himself confirmed that he has contracted the deadly virus and is currently in home isolation in Chittagong. He made his debut for Bangladesh in 2003 but has not played international cricket since 2006.

The 34-year-old played 11 Tests and 16 ODIs for Bangladesh, scoring 518 and 309 runs respectively.

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He is not the only Bangladeshi individual related to cricket to be tested positive for Coronavirus as last month, Bangladesh’s development coach and former first-class cricketer Ashiqur Rahman was also tested positive for the deadly virus.

Pakistan’s three cricketers -- Shahid Afridi, Taufeeq Umar, and Zafar Sarfaraz -- have also tested for positive the virus.

(PTI inputs)