The world has come forward to fight against the deadly corona virus. Every big player of the world is donating crores of rupees to fight the deadly virus which has allready took more than 20,000+ lives across the globe. Olympic medalist PV Sindhu was the first sports person from India to donate an amount of Rs 5 lakh each to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh government. Top cricketers like Suresh Raina will donate 52 lakh rupees, Sachin Tendulkar pledged to donate 50 lakh rupees, Gautam Gambhir has donated 1 crore from the MP fund while MS Dhoni has given a donation of 1 lakh rupees to a Pune based NGO.
The contribution of wrestler Bajrang Punia has been praised by Indian Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju. But amid all this, people were eagerly waiting for a contribution from Indian cricket team skipper Virat Kohli and he finally announced his contribution to the government after facing wrath from his fans.
Virat Kohli and his actress wife Anushka Sharma announced financial support to fight against the corona virus on Monday. However, the celebrity couple did not reveal how much money the two are donating and the power couple posted the same thing on their social media handles on Monday morning.
“Anushka and I are pledging our support towards PM-CARES Fund & the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (Maharashtra). Our hearts are breaking looking at the suffering of so many & we hope our contribution, in some way, helps easing the pain of our fellow citizens #IndiaFightsCorona,” Virat tweeted.
Anushka and I are pledging our support towards PM-CARES Fund & the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (Maharashtra). Our hearts are breaking looking at the suffering of so many & we hope our contribution, in some way, helps easing the pain of our fellow citizens #IndiaFightsCorona
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) March 30, 2020
“Virat and I are pledging our support towards PM-CARES Fund & the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (Maharashtra). Our hearts are breaking looking at the suffering of so many & we hope our contribution, in some way, helps easing the pain of our fellow citizens #IndiaFightsCorona,” Anushka tweeted.
Virat and I are pledging our support towards PM-CARES Fund & the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (Maharashtra). Our hearts are breaking looking at the suffering of so many & we hope our contribution, in some way, helps easing the pain of our fellow citizens #IndiaFightsCorona
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) March 30, 2020
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a complete lockdown for 21 days in the country to prevent the growing havoc of the Coronavirus. At the same time, the Prime Minister had also appealed to the countrymen to donate in the war against Covid-19. Many bigwigs of the sporting world have volunteered financial help, but Virat Kohli was only making videos by advising people to stay indoors, after which he was also trolled on Twitter by netizens. However, after Virat announced his secret contribution to the Prime Minister national relief fund, he was praised on the social media.
Virat and Anushka donate 3 crore rupees
According to a reports in Bollywood Hungama, a film industry’s source close to the power couple noted they jointly contributed a sum of 3 crore rupees for the cause.
