Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly has donated 50 oxygen concentrators in different hospitals and NGOs in Kolkata amid the second wave of COVID-19 in India. 

In the past few days, the country has emerged as one of the worst COVID-19 hit nations across the globe as many people are struggling to find hospital beds, oxygen, and other basic medical essentials.

With the second wave of coronavirus raging havoc across the country many cricketers have come forward to help the country in these tough times. The latest entry in the list is BCCI president and former Indian skipper, Sourav Ganguly. 

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Ganguly's team has been visiting various hospitals and NGOs, working for the welfare of the people, and having donated 50 oxygen concentrators. 

Talking about the same Taniya Bhattacharyya, a member from Sourav Ganguly’s team said that on behalf of the cricketer that they have donated 50 oxygen concentrators and will donate more later. 

“Dada has bought 50 oxygen concentrators from a company and we have started distributing them. As a partial lockdown is scheduled to start from Sunday onwards. 

“We are trying to reach as many hospitals as we can by Saturday evening. On behalf of Dada, we are distributing 50 oxygen concentrators as of now. Later we will donate more oxygen concentrators,” Taniya Bhattacharyya, one from Sourav Ganguly’s office told ABP LIVE Bengali.

Talking about the donations he made, Sourav Ganguly said that they have to make sure that every infected person gets proper treatment and they will do their best in this tough time.  

“We have to come forward and make sure that every infected gets proper treatment. We will do our best in this trying time,” he said. 

(ABP LIVE Bengali inputs)