India wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant has joined the list of cricketers who have lent their support in the country’s fight against COVID-19. Rishabh, who was leading Delhi Capitals in the now-suspended IPL 2021, took to Twitter and saluted the frontline workers who have been working tirelessly for over a year now.
Further, the 23-year-old wrote that he is making a monetary donation that will help in providing Oxygen cylinders with beds, COVID-relief kids and much more. India has been facing an acute shortage of Oxygen cylinders, beds and other equipments.
“I am supporting the Hemkunt Foundation through a monetary donation that will help provide O2 Cylinders with Beds, COVID-relief kits and much more to the suffering across the country,” I am especially keen to work with organisations providing medical aid and support to rural India and non-metro cities which do not have the capacity of the medical infrastructure of the major cities,” he wrote on Twitter.
India has been hit hard with the second wave of COVID-19. The country has been recording over 3.5 lakh COVID-19 cases regularly and has also breached the 4 lakh-mark on four occasions. The country recorded 4,01,078 cases a day before. The death toll has also been on the high side.
India’s COVID-19 situation had come under control in 2020/21 and the single-day numbers had also fallen below 20,000. However, the cases started to rise in March and breached the 1 lakh-mark. Soon, it breached the 2 lakh-mark and the single-day numbers have been over 3 lakhs for a while now. As mentioned, India has also recorded over 4 lakh cases per day.
Other cricketers who have donated in various relief schemes
Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma donated a sum of Rs 2 crore in their ‘In This Together’ campaign. They have raised over Rs 3.6 crores in 24 hours. Sachin Tendulkar, Pat Cummins, Brett Lee, Nicholas Pooran and Jaydev Unadkat are other cricketers who have done their bit. IPL franchises Rajasthan Royals and Delhi Capitals also donated funds during the IPL 2021.
