PSL 2022: Afridi tests positive

By Our Correspondent
January 28, 2022

KARACHI: Quetta Gladiators suffered a huge blow before their opener of the HBL PSL-7 against Peshawar Zalmi which is scheduled on Friday (today), when their experienced all-rounder Shahid Afridi returned Covid positive.

The star all-rounder will now undergo a seven-day quarantine at home while following the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Covid protocols.

He will reintegrate with the Sarfaraz Ahmed-led brigade only after returning a negative test. According to sources Afridi, who last season was part of the champions Multan Sultans, had undergone a check-up for back problem at the hospital and on return he was tested and was returned positive. However, sources said that Afridi is asymptomatic.