All the sporting events around the world are being affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier the biggest cricket league in the world, Indian Premier League (IPL) was postponed till 15th April. And now the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been midway postponed just before the start of semi-finals. As a precautionary measure, all PSL players and broadcasters are now being tested for the virus. On Tuesday, Pakistan former cricketer Ramiz Raza claimed that England’s Alex Hales might have shown symptoms of being first cricketer positive for Corona Virus.
Actually, most of the 34 foreign players who took part in the PSL, started heading home after the PCB said it would not stop anyone from withdrawing from the league due to the coronavirus fears. Meanwhile, England’s star batsman Alex Hales also made his way to England because of the coronavirus fear.
Pakistan Cricket Board, CEO, Wasim Khan also said that a foreign player, who participated in the league, is suspected to have coronavirus. However, he didn’t reveal the name of the player. But Pakistan former cricketer Ramiz Raza claimed that Alex Hales might be first positive Corona Virus Suspect of the cricketing world.
“What I know is that he is yet to have tested but we don’t know whether the symptoms he has is of corona or not. But we all now need to be very cautious and obviously adopt a common-sense approach to deal with this problem,” Raja said.
Alex Hales Responds To News Of Being First Cricketer Positive For Corona Virus
England opener Alex Hales has now finally responded to the news of being positive suspect of Corona Virus. He took to Twitter to slam the media for spreading the wrong information after the news over Internet platforms was making rounds.
In his clarification, Alex Hales wrote on twitter handle, “stop spreading fake news, dangerous behaviour”. Later he posted a note via his Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/AlexHales1/status/1239872849155940352?s=19
https://twitter.com/AlexHales1/status/1239882992723640325?s=19
