With the COVID-19 pandemic creating a huge issue all over the world, Bangladesh cricketers have decided to give half of their monthly salaries to the government to fight the novel disease, which has so far taken more than 19000 lives around the world. According to a report in Dhaka Tribune, a total of 27 cricketers which included 17 contracted players with Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), have taken this decision. The other 10 players have also decided to donate in this crunch situation.
“The whole world is fighting against coronavirus pandemic. The outbreak of coronavirus is also increasing in Bangladesh. We, the cricketers, are trying to tell people to take necessary steps to prevent this pandemic,” the players said in a joint statement.
“… in total we are 27 cricketers giving half of our monthly salaries to help against coronavirus. After excluding the tax the amount might be approximately 25 lakh taka. May be this fund is not that much compared to the fight against coronavirus. But if we all together can contribute from our own positions, then in combined, it might be a bigger step to fight against coronavirus,” it further added.
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Five persons have died so far in Bangladesh due to the novel coronavirus, while 39 have been reported positive so far. Coronavirus has affected not only everyone’s lives but also sporting events across the globe which not only included the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League but also many international series where no decision took place as the situation has not changed much in the last few days amid the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country as well as globally.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday said that he doesn’t have an answer about this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) amid the lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic all over the country.
“I can’t say anything at the moment. We are at the same place where we were on the day we postponed. Nothing has changed in the last 10 days. So, I don’t have an answer to it. Status quo remains,” Sourav Ganguly told PTI in an exclusive interaction.
