Bangladesh cricket legend and former captain Mashrafe Mortaza, on Saturday, tested positive for coronavirus.
While the cricketer wasn't available for a comment, his family sources have confirmed that Mashrafe's tests returned positive and the cricketer has been in self-isolation at his residence in Dhaka. As per a report in ESPNCricinfo, it is not known how Mortaza contracted the virus.
"He wasn't keeping well for the last couple of days, so he had undergone a test. The results have come positive and now he has been home-quarantined," Morsalin Mashrafe's younger brother Morsalin bin said.
Reports by the Bangladesh media suggest that some of his family members had tested positive earlier.
Last week, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi had tested positive.
IMAGE: Nafees Iqbal made his debut for Bangladesh in 2003. Photograph: Mumbai Indians/TwitterNafees Iqbal, former Bangladesh cricketer and elder brother of ODI captain Tamim Iqbal, has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a media report.
The Daily Star newspaper reported that Nafees himself confirmed that he has contracted the deadly virus and is currently in home isolation in Chittagong.
Nafees Iqbal a right-handed opening batsman, made his debut for Bangladesh in 2003 but has been out of the national reckoning since 2006.
The 34-year-old played 11 Tests and 16 ODIs for Bangladesh, scoring 518 and 309 runs respectively.
Last month, Bangladesh's development coach and former first-class cricketer Ashiqur Rahman had tested positive for the dreaded virus.
Pakistan's three cricketers -- Shahid Afridi, Taufeeq Umar and Zafar Sarfaraz -- have also tested for positive the virus.