Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has tested positive for the coronavirus, he announced through Twitter on Saturday.
The cricketer had offered to work for brands, not for money or personal interest, but for exchange of ration and funds that can be utilised to help the disadvantaged during the pandemic.
“I have been lucky to have worked with many brands for ads/promotion. Now working first hand with the ones suffering during COVID-19, I have a proposal to all brands: I will work with brands for free personally – I just want ration and funds in return,” Shahid Afridi had tweeted.
The leg-spinner had been touring the country while providing relief to Pakistanis in the countryside. In the course of his relief work, Shahid Afridi had created a lot of controversies. Afridi had made a hate speech against the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi which had brought on the wrath of Indian cricket players like Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir, who had lambasted the Pakistani cricketer left, right and centre.
Shahid Afridi had also visited Balochistan recently to provide COVID-19 relief and stoked a similar controversy there by claiming that he will build cricket academies in the region. The natives of Baloch had protested against it as Pakistan state is unpopular in the region and opposed for its perceived dictatorial reign in the province.
Teammates Mohammad Hafeez, Sohail Tanveer and Kamran Akmal sent best wishes and prayers for Afridi for a speedy recovery.
The former all-rounder had recently been busy with his charitable foundation as the country grapples with the spread of the coronavirus.
The cricketer had offered to work for brands, not for money or personal interest, but for exchange of ration and funds that can be utilised to help the disadvantaged during the pandemic.
“I have been lucky to have worked with many brands for ads/promotion. Now working first hand with the ones suffering during COVID-19, I have a proposal to all brands: I will work with brands for free personally – I just want ration and funds in return,” he had tweeted.
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