COVID-19: Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised after testing positive last week | Cricket News

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar knowledgeable his followers on Friday (April 2) that he’s being hospitalised on ‘medical recommendation’ to get remedy after testing COVID-19 positive last week. The unhappy information for the thousands and thousands of the cricket followers got here on a day when India is celebrating the tenth anniversary of their well-known 2011 World Cup win.

“Thank you for your wishes and prayers. As a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice, I have been hospitalised. I hope to be back home in a few days. Take care and stay safe everyone. Wishing all Indians & my teammates on the 10th anniversary of our World Cup win,” Tendulkar tweeted on Friday.

Thank you in your needs and prayers. As a matter of ample precaution underneath medical recommendation, I’ve been hospitalised. I hope to be again residence in a number of days. Take care and keep secure everybody.

Wishing all Indians & my teammates on the tenth anniversary of our World Cup win.

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 2, 2021

Notably, Tendulkar not too long ago led India Legends to the maiden title of the Road Safety World Series by defeating Sri Lanka Legends within the closing of the match. Sachin was a member of India’s World Cup 2011 successful group. He was the primary man to attain the coveted double century in ODI cricket, when he hit an unbeaten 200 in opposition to South Africa in February 2010.

In ODI cricket rankings, he was on prime for a complete of 112 matches or 354 days. He can also be the youngest to prime the ODI batting rankings – at 8346 days outdated in February 1996.

In ODI cricket, he peaked at 887 factors in November 1998. He made it as excessive as quantity two within the ODI all-rounders desk in March 1996. 

Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Monday grew to become the fourth Indian cricketer to check COVID-19 positive, having not too long ago taken half within the veteran’s Road Safety World Series match in Raipur, which is quick turning out to be a brilliant spreader. Before Irfan, his elder brother Yusuf, legendary Sachin Tendulkar and S Badrinath have all taken to twitter to announce that they’ve examined positive for COVID-19. 

Road Safety World Series is a personal match that did not have BCCI approval because it was solely meant for retired cricketers. The worst half was that the organisers didn’t prohibit crowd motion even when BCCI made the later a part of England sequence a closed-door affair. Spectators weren’t sporting masks and questions are being raised as to what sort of bio-bubble was created by the organisers of the Road Safety World Series.