Shahid Afridi, who plays for Quetta Gladiators in this year’s Pakistan Super League (PSL), tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday. A negative test will result in his reintegration into the team after he has quarantined himself at home following PCB protocols.

Afridi will not be part of the initial matches of the Quetta Gladiators, but will likely join the squad for the Lahore leg. Afridi returned to the season seven biosecure bubble of the PSL after he left it due to personal and health issues. After experiencing back pain during a practice session on Tuesday night, he went for a medical checkup on Wednesday morning but returned at night.

According to Afridi, he has exited the bubble and will complete the three-day quarantine period, after which he will rejoin the Quetta squad. Due to personal and health issues, the all-rounder had requested to be excused from the biosecure bubble, sources told Geo News.

Afridi has told the management that he is suffering from back pain and that his wife’s relative has passed away, according to sources familiar with the situation. Afridi’s last event will be the PSL, which begins on Friday at the National Stadium, Karachi.

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Pakistan wicketkeeper-hitter Mohammad Rizwan on Thursday turned into the principal player to score 1000 T20I runs in a solitary year.
Rizwan went past the 1000-run mark in the continuous ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-last against Australia.

Mohammad Rizwan proceeds with his fleeting ascent in global cricket, hopping five spots to enter the main 10 of ICC Player Rankings for best T20I batsmen. Rizwan has aggregated 640 focuses and has guaranteed the tenth spot.

Shadab Khan says, no one deserved it more. His work ethic is what makes him special. Rizzi bhai keep shining, keep making Pakistan proud.

England’s Dawid Malan keeps on driving the focuses table with 892 places. Babar Azam is at present the most elevated positioned Pakistan player, sitting at the third spot in the focuses table. The Pakistan captain dropped one spot following the finish of the T20I series against Zimbabwe.
Pakistan was humiliated in the second T20I against Zimbabwe, where they capitulated to a 19-run rout while pursuing 119 for success. Nonetheless, the Asian outfit ricocheted back in the last T20I game to dominate the series 2-1.

Mohammad Rizwan won the Man of the Series grant for his batting execution against Zimbabwe in the three-match challenge. The 28-year-old oversaw scores of 82*, 13, and 91*, at a striking pace of 133.81.

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