Sachin Tendulkar announces to donate Rs 1 crore in support of India’s fight against Covid-19

Legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday donated Rs 1 crore to help procure oxygen concentrators for Covid-19 patients in the country which has been badly hit by the second wave of coronavirus infections.

Sachin Tendulkar, in a message on social media, said that the 2nd wave of Covid-19 pandemic has put the country's health infrastructure under severe. He said that he is contributing to 'Mission Oxygen', a group of young entrepreneurs in Delhi-NCR who have set up a



fund-raising initiative, for importing oxygen concentrators and donating them to hospitals across the country.

Misson Oxygen said in a statement that Tendulkar's contribution of Rs 1 crore was incredibly heart-warming.

"His donation of Rs 1 crore to 'Mission Oxygen' in its endeavour to procure and provide life-saving oxygen concentrators to hospitals across the nation in this time of need is incredibly heart-warming," read a statement from Mission Oxygen.