Former Bangladesh left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain, who has represented the national team in five ODIs, has tested positive for Covid-19. The 38-year-old, who had undergone four months of intense treatment including a surgery for brain tumor, contacted the infection after his father also tested positive for the contagious disease<\/p>\n
In the previous year, Mosharraf had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. On receiving his COVID-19 test results, the former spinner has been feeling fine and has self-isolated as per usual health guidelines since Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy father tested COVID-19 positive earlier and he was admitted in the ICU of the CMH hospital\u201d, Mosharraf was quoted as saying by \u2018The Daily Star\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cLater I also experienced some symptoms and tested Coronavirus positive. My health is fine so far and I have isolated myself at home\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife and my child however tested negative and they are living with her parents.\u201d Mosharraf was hoping to make a comeback to the domestic circuit this year after recovering from his illness.<\/p>\n
Former captain Mashrafe Mortaza and two other Bangladesh cricketers, Nazmul Islam and Nafees Iqbal, had tested positive for the virus in June.<\/p>\n
Last week, 18 players of the Bangladesh football squad had tested positive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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