As India is on high Coronavirus (COVID-19) alert, the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) has joined the list of state cricket bodies on Friday, March 27, to help the country in the fight against the pandemic.
After Bengal and Mumbai, the SCA has pledged to donate Rs. 42 lakh to fight against the deadly and fast-growing COVID-19 which has claimed 19 lives so far in the country.
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The state bid decided to donate 21 lakh to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and 21 lakh to the Chief Minister of Gujarat’s Relief Fund to play their part in helping the country to fight the coronavirus.
The SCA said in a statement: “The President Jaydev Shah and Secretary Himanshu Shah on behalf of Apex Council and members of Saurashtra Cricket Association declare donations of Rs 21 lacs to Prime Minister of India Relief Fund and Rs 21 lacs to Chief Minister of Gujarat Relief Fund.”
Meanwhile, Niranjan Shah, former Secretary of BCCI and SCA said: “Saurashtra Cricket Association has all care and concern for citizens of India in the challenging situation of novel coronavirus pandemic. We request and urge all Indians to stay indoors, stay fit and stay safe.”
Noteworthy, the Mumbai Cricket Association has announced the donation of 50 Lakh while the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has donated Rs 25 lakh towards the West Bengal government's emergency relief fund with president Avishek Dalmiya donating another Rs 5 lakh to help in this crisis.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases jumped to 873 in the country with 19 deaths till now.
On the other hand, the virus has killed 27,000 people with over 597,000 tested positive globally, though about 125,000 people have recovered from the deadly COVID-19, but there is still no significant development on discovering a vaccine to kill the virus.
(With ANI Inputs)
