Sachin Tendulkar joins India’s fight against COVID-19, donates Rs 1cr to ‘Mission Oxygen’ | Cricket News

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Batting maestero Sachin Tendulkar prolonged his serving to hand within the nation’s fight against the second wave of COVID-19. The former India cricketer made a contribution of Rs 1 crore to “Mission Oxygen” and urged his supporters to do the identical. 

Tendulkar took to Twitter to share this information and appealed to the residents to stand collectively within the fight against the lethal virus. 

“His donation of Rs 1 crore to ‘Mission Oxygen’ in its endeavour to procure and provide life-saving oxygen concentrators to hospitals across the nation in this time of need is incredibly heart-warming,” learn a press release from Mission Oxygen, which is a fund-raising initiative by Delhi-NCR primarily based entrepreneurs for importing Oxygen Concentrator machines and donating them to hospitals in want.

On his forty eighth birthday final week, the previous cricketer urged his followers to donate blood plasma if permissible. The Master Blaster, who himself contracted the virus whereas participating within the Road Safety World Series, confirmed that he might be donating his plasma in a Plasma Donation Centre, which the previous Indian cricketer himself inaugurated final 12 months.  

Earlier within the day Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals introduced to donate Rs 7.5 crore (over $1 million) to instantly help folks in India affected by the COVID-19  pandemic. 

The Royals mentioned in a press release that gamers in addition to officers within the group had come ahead to make this large contribution for India. 





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