BAN vs AFG LIVE: 8 Afghanistan players test COVID positive- The Afghanistan camp, who are currently in Bangladesh to take part in a three-match ODI series which will be followed by a two-match T20I series, has suffered a COVID-19 outrage with as many as eight players testing positive. Follow live updates on InsideSport.IN.
BAN vs AFG LIVE: 8 Afghanistan players test COVID positive in Bangladesh ahead of ODI series – Follow LIVE updates
According to reports in Cricbuzz, the Afghanistan national cricket team arrived at Dhaka on 12th February and left for Sylhet the following day. They practised at Sylhet for two days before the COVID-19 diagnosis reports came out.
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“Look, now, they are not under our protocol considering the series will start from February 19 but now whatever support they will want now we will provide that. If the symptoms are mild then they will be isolation and if that is not the case we will have to transfer them to hospital but at the moment they are looking after their own well being,” an official of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) was quoted saying.
BAN vs AFG LIVE: 8 Afghanistan players test COVID positive in Bangladesh ahead of ODI series – Follow LIVE updates
The first ODI match of the series is slated to be played on 23rd February at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. According to the initial plans, the Afghan cricketers were expected to leave Sylhet for Chattogram on 19th February.
Bangladesh vs Afghanistan Tour Schedule:
1st ODI – 23rd February, Chattogram
2nd ODI – 25th February, Chattogram
3rd ODI – 28th February, Chattogram
1st T20I – 3rd March, Dhaka
2nd T20I – 5th March, Dhaka
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Afghanistan ODI squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmat Shah (VC) ,Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Gulbadin Naib, Ibrahim Zadran, Ikram Alikhail, Mohammad Nabi, Mujib ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Riaz Hassan, Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmadzai
Afghanistan T20I squad: Mohammad Nabi (C), Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Darwish Rasooli, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazal Haq Farooqi, Hazratullah Zazai, Karim Janat, Mujib ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Nijat Masoud, Qais Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Sharafuddin Ashraf and Usman Ghani
BAN vs AFG LIVE: 8 Afghanistan players test COVID positive in Bangladesh ahead of ODI series – Follow LIVE updates
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