<p>MUMBAI, India — Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar has tested positive for the coronavirus and is quarantining at home.</p>
<p>The 47-year-old Tendulkar, test cricket’s all time leading run-scorer, reported Saturday that he tested positive “following mild symptoms.”</p>
<p>“I’ve quarantined myself at home and am following all the necessary protocols as advised by my doctors,” <a href="https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/1375670454162239493">he said on Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>Tendulkar, who scored 15,921 runs in test cricket, thanked “all the healthcare professionals who are supporting me and many others across the country.”</p>
<p>India has had more than 160,000 coronavirus-related deaths. Cases had been plummeting since September but began spiking last month.</p>
<p>Health officials said Wednesday that a new and potentially troublesome variant has been detected in India, as have variants first detected in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.</p>
<p>They cautioned, however, against linking the variants with an ongoing surge in new infections in India.</p>
<p>Tendulkar retired in 2013 after playing his 200th test match.</p>
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