The Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to donate INR 51 crore to the Prime Minister Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund. The fund will be used to save the lives of the people from the deadly coronavirus, which has affected 987 people in India so far.
The deadly virus is spreading at a rapid speed, and the cases have now risen to 6,63,928 and have taken the lives of 30,880 people worldwide. However, the numbers are not stopping and are increasing with every hour passes by.
To curb the spread of the virus, PM Modi has announced the lockdown of the entire country amid the pandemic. The lockdown will surely affect the lives of thousands of people, especially daily wagers who depend on others to earn money. Now, they don’t have the source to earn money as the major businesses have been closed. To give them aid and provide the equipment to treat the patient, the money donated by BCCI will surely help.
NEWS : BCCI to contribute INR 51 crores to Prime Minister @narendramodi ji's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund
More details here – https://t.co/kw1yVhOO5o pic.twitter.com/RJO2br2BAo
— BCCI (@BCCI) March 28, 2020
Twitter praises BCCI
Taking to Twitter, the fans are also appreciating BCCI for contributing to support the government. Some are thanking the BCCI president Sourav Ganguly for taking the decision. Here are some of the reactions:
Respect @SGanguly99 @BCCI
— Abhinash (@AwesomeAbhinash) March 28, 2020
Well done Dada thank you
— Shrin (@ShrrinG) March 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/farziBaazigar/status/1243924758091063297?s=20
Take a bow ?? please donate every Indian
— Raj Mrityunjay (@Rajromantic1) March 28, 2020
Every year in March BCCI used to make Indians happy by giving IPL entertainment ;
This year making us happy by contributing 51 cr .
Well done BCCI ???— Subham. (@subhsays) March 28, 2020
https://twitter.com/AngelNarayan20/status/1243924470361755648?s=20
https://twitter.com/imAkshaytadvi/status/1243925971557851136?s=20
Thank you dada @SGanguly99
— Mayank Dua (@MayankDua88) March 28, 2020
Other cricketers have also come in front to contribute their bit. India’s legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has donated INR 50 Lakh in the relief fund to support the needy. Former Indian cricketer MS Dhoni donated the amount to Mukul Madhav Foundation, public charitable trust in Pune, through a crowdfunding website called Ketto. Apart from MS Dhoni, Shikhar Dhawan also donated some amount of money to the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. Brothers Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan donated over 4,000 masks in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
Meanwhile, the BCCI has called off all the matches and also postponed the dates of the Indian Premier League 2020.