IPL Franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) to donate INR 30 Crores for the fight against Covid-19 in India.
Sun TV network that owns IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Monday has announced that they will be donating INR 30 Crores to the country to fight against the deadly second wave of the Covid-19.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) took to Twitter to share the information with all their fans and supporters. The donations will be made to the state governments and the Government of India.
“Sun TV Network is donating a sum of Rs.30 crores to provide relief to those affected by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. This will be spent on several initiatives currently underway at various states of India including the following: 1. Donations to the various programmes initiated by the Government of India and State governments 2. Partnering with NGOs that are providing oxygen cylinders, medicines etc,” SRH said in a statement.
The franchise further added that they will make use of the social media platforms to spread the awareness among their viewers.
“In addition, the company will leverage its resources including all its media assets to spread greater awareness among millions of our TV viewing audiences across India and the rest of the world,” the statement further read.
Earlier, Rajasthan Royals (RR) donated INR 7.5 Crores and Delhi Capitals (DC) had pledged to contribute INR 1.5 Crores for the cause.
SRH were placed at the bottom of the Vivo IPL 2021 points table with a solitary win in the seven outings. Due to the poor performances, the franchise had to drop Australian batter David Warner from the captaincy role and Kane Williamson was made the skipper for the remainder of the season.
The fate of SRH did not change even after the change in the captaincy. Williamson could not lead SRH to victory in his only game as the captain after which the BCCI suspended the Vivo IPL 2021 for an indefinite time.
Wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha was tested covid positive from SRH, prior to their game against Mumbai Indians.
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