Bangladesh former Cricket captain Mashrafe Mortaza has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19).
His family have confirmed that Mashrafe’s tests returned positive on Saturday and the cricketer has been in self-isolation at his residence in Dhaka.
Earlier in the day, Nafees Iqbal, former Bangladesh cricketer and elder brother of ODI captain Tamim Iqbal, tested positive for the virus, according to media reports. Last month, Bangladesh’s development coach and former first-class cricketer Ashiqur Rahman had tested positive.
Bangladesh is scheduled to tour Sri Lanka in July-August but tour is unlikely to go ahead.