{"id":27447,"date":"2020-06-13T14:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-13T09:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/shahid-afridi-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/"},"modified":"2020-06-13T14:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T09:04:42","slug":"shahid-afridi-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=27447","title":{"rendered":"Shahid Afridi Tests Positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and announced this by taking to social media on Saturday afternoon.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The swashbuckling all-rounder tweeted, &#8220;I\u2019ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I\u2019ve been tested and unfortunately I\u2019m covid positive. Need prayers for a speedy recovery, InshaAllah&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I\u2019ve been tested and unfortunately I\u2019m covid positive. Need prayers for a speedy recovery, InshaAllah  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pandemic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pandemic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/hopenotout?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#hopenotout<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/staysafe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#staysafe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stayhome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#stayhome<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SAfridiOfficial\/status\/1271720209657630720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in May, Afridi had bought a cricket bat auctioned by Bangladesh&#8217;s Mushfiqur Rahim in a bid to raise funds to help fight the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICC said that former Pakistan captain Afridi has decided to join the noble cause by buying the bat on behalf of his charity foundation for $20,000. &#8220;Mushfiqur Rahim has found a buyer! Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has joined the good cause, picking up the bat on behalf of his charity foundation,&#8221; the ICC tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in May, Afridi had bought a cricket bat auctioned by Bangladesh&#8217;s Mushfiqur Rahim in a bid to raise funds to help fight the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ICC said that former Pakistan captain Afridi has decided to join the noble cause by buying the bat on behalf of his charity foundation for $20,000. &#8220;Mushfiqur Rahim has found a buyer! Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has joined the good cause, picking up the bat on behalf of his charity foundation,&#8221; the ICC tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With inputs from <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricketnext\/news\/former-pakistan-cricketer-shahid-afridi-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-2667761.html\">News18<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and announced this by taking to social media on Saturday afternoon. The swashbuckling all-rounder tweeted, &#8220;I\u2019ve been feeling unwell since Thursday; my body had been aching badly. I\u2019ve been tested and unfortunately I\u2019m covid positive. Need prayers for a speedy recovery, InshaAllah&#8221; I\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}