Afridi recovers from COVID-19

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has won the battle against novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as he made the announcement through his social media platform.

The 40-year-old had tested positive for the deadly bug on June 13 last month and was in self-isolation since then.

Making the recovery announcement on twitter, Afridi wrote: “Alhamdulillah [thank God], my wife and daughters, Aqsa and Ansha have re-tested after our previously positive results for Covid-19 and are now clear. Thanking u all for your continuous well wishes, and may the Almighty bless you and yours. Now back to family time; I’ve missed holding this one.”

Afridi represented Pakistan between 1998 and 2018, featuring in 27 Tests, 398 One-day Internationals (ODIs) and 99 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).

Afridi was the fifth cricketer known to have contracted the aforementioned disease.