The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has commenced their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 on Monday against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The fans will be witnessing some of the top players of RCB and SRH like AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, David Warner among others who will be taking the field. The IPL is also being played behind the closed doors and the frontline heroes were given a special tribute on an opening day.
The RCB will be seen applauding the heroes during the pandemic in a special way. The stalwarts like De Villiers and Kohli will be wearing the jersey with the names Paritosh and Simranjeet on their back in order to appreciate their efforts during the lockdown. Both the cricketers also changed their Twitter handles and put the names of these two COVID warriors as an indication of them paying tribute to the heroes.
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AB de Villiers took to this official Twitter handle to praise Paritosh’s efforts during the pandemic. He started the project ‘Feeding from Far’ and fed meals with 2 needy during the lockdown across the nation. “I salute Paritosh,who started ‘Project Feeding from Far’ with Pooja & fed meals to 2 needy during the lockdown. I wear his name on my back this season 2 appreciate their challenger spirit,” his tweet read.
I salute Paritosh,who started ‘Project Feeding from Far’ with Pooja & fed meals 2 needy during the lockdown. I wear his name on my back this season 2 appreciate their challenger spirit
Share your #MyCovidHeroes story with us#WeAreChallengers #RealChallengers#ChallengeAccepted
— Paritosh Pant (@ABdeVilliers17) September 20, 2020
As for Simranjeet, the hearing-impaired made every possible effort to raise donations for poor people suffering during the pandemic. He managed to raise a whopping amount of ₹98,000 for the needy.
Describing his story, RCB in a statement said, “Simranjeet Singh, a hearing-impaired but that did not stop him from helping others in the pandemic. He approached people to raise donations for the poor suffering in the pandemic and many hearing-impaired individuals agreed. These individuals weren’t from any particular organization and they selflessly donated funds. Simranjeet Singh along with his friends raised Rs 98,000 to help people.”
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Former India cricketer Mohammad Kaif applauded both the cricketer for their wonderful gesture towards the COVID Heroes and was delighted to see sport spreading the message of humanity.
Massive respect for Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers who will have names of #CovidHeroes on their jerseys for the IPL season. Sport spreading the message of humanity and generosity is the need of the hour and who better than these two ambassadors of our game to do that. pic.twitter.com/HhnUzG3OCh
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) September 21, 2020
