New Delhi: Seven more Pakistan players tested positive for COVID-19 throwing into doubt their tour of England starting next month.
Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Hasnain, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz and Imran Khan are the players from the England-bound squad who tested positive, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesday. Team masseur Malang Ali has also tested positive.
Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf and Haider Ali were the three Pakistan players who had tested positive on Monday.
“Like Haider, Haris and Shadab none of the seven players and masseur had reported any prior symptoms of Covid-19 until they underwent first round of testing on Monday ahead of the side’s departure for Manchester,” the PCB statement added.
“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.”
All the squad members are being tested for coronavirus ahead of the team’s departure on June 28.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests and three T20Is against England from July 30 to September 2.
The players and player support personnel, who have tested negative, will assemble in a bio-secure environment in Lahore on June 24 and will undergo second round of testing on June 25, according to PCB.
