PAK vs AUS LIVE – Covid in Australian Team: After Haris Rauf was tested positive in Pakistan team, Covid now has hit Australian camp. Australia’s spin-bowling consultant Fawad Ahmed has tested positive for Covid-19. The good part is Fawad has been in isolation since arriving from the Pakistan Super League on Monday. He had not yet interacted with other members of the Australian squad: Follow Pakistan vs Australia Test Series LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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Covid in Australian Team – Pakistan vs Australia LIVE: Ahmed has started his five-day isolation period. A media release from Cricket Australia stated he was experiencing mild symptoms and would leave isolation only after returning two negative results.
The rest of the Australian touring party has tested negative in their routine testing.
Fawad Ahmed Tests Positive: Fawad, who was born in Pakistan and played three ODIs and two T20Is for Australia. He was part of Lahore Qalandars’ squad at the recently concluded Pakistan Super League.
He arrived at the Australia team hotel on Monday, where he was due to start his role as the spin-bowling consultant.
Despite the 40-year-old coming from the PSL bubble, Australian medical staff required him to isolate before joining the main group. He returned a positive test after experiencing mild symptoms.
Covid in Pakistan Team: The news comes after Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf, a teammate of Fawad’s at the PSL, tested positive. Rauf and was ruled out of the first Test.
Star Pakistan quick Shaheen Shah Afridi also played in the same team, Lahore, that won the PSL on Sunday.
Images on social media indicate Fawad and Afridi sat next to each other on the plane. The duo travelled together following the PSL final.
The first Test begins on Friday in Rawalpindi, which will be the first international match for Australia in Pakistan in 24 years.
Australia Tour of Pakistan 2022 – Pakistan Full Test Squad / Australia Full Test Squad
Pakistan squad: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (vc), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Wasim, Nauman Ali, Naseem Shah, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood, Zahid Mahmood. Reserves: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Mohammad Haris
Australia Test squad: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith (vc), Mitchell Starc, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner. On standby: Sean Abbott, Brendan Doggett, Nic Maddinson, Matthew Renshaw
March 4-8: 1st Test – Rawalpindi
March 12-16: 2nd Test Karachi
March 21-25: 3rd Test, Lahore
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