Indian cricket staff skipper Virat Kohli and his spouse Anushka Sharma got here collectively for a noble trigger because the star couple began a fundraising marketing campaign to help India’s battle in opposition to COVID-19 within the nation.
With the each day variety of Covid-19 instances exceeding the three lakh mark, the second wave of coronavirus has wreaked havoc within the nation and is resulting in many deaths.
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For the unversed, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma donated INR 2 crores of their fundraising marketing campaign and have set a goal of elevating a complete of INR 7 crore by way of their ‘In This Together’ marketing campaign for Coronavirus reduction work.
Overwhelmed with the response from followers, Virat Kohli on Saturday took to Twitter to tell that an quantity of INR 3.6 crore has been collected in lower than 24 hours for his or her marketing campaign. Virat and Anushka have one more reason to rejoice as Royal Challengers Bangalore’s star spinner Yuzvendra Chahal reportedly donated INR 95,000 in the direction of their marketing campaign.
Earlier on Friday, Virat had tweeted,”Anushka and I have started a campaign on @ketto, to raise funds for Covid-19 relief, and we would be grateful for your support. Let’s all come together and help those around us in need of our support. I urge you all to join our movement. Link in Bio!”
“Things have been very tough for India, as we fight the pandemic, and it really pains us to see our country suffer like this,” Kohli and Anushka mentioned in a video. “We are grateful to all the people who have been fighting for us day and night. Their dedication is appreciated.”