KARACHI: Pakistan cricketers
Shadab Khan,
Haris Rauf
and rookie
Haider Ali
on Monday tested positive for the novel
coronavirus.
"
The Pakistan Cricket Board
has confirmed three players - Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan - have tested positive for Covid-19," said the
PCB
in a statement.
"The players had shown no symptoms until they were tested in Rawalpindi on Sunday ahead of the Pakistan men's national
cricket
team's tour to England."
The infected players will go into self-isolation.
"The PCB medical panel is in contact with the three who have been advised to immediately go into self-isolation," the statement said.
Earlier this month, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was tested positive for the deadly virus.