News
Indian Cricketers take initiative, Spread Corona Virus Awareness
By CricShotsStaff - Mar 17, 2020 12:04 pm
Views 57

Indian middle-order batsman and CSK star player Suresh Raina took the ounce upon himself and decided to share a message with his fans and other citizens of India. With, various misinformation and wrong health advisories being forwarded all across the internet, Suresh Raina urged his fellow citizens to stop spreading false information and create chaos.

Raina
Suresh Raina

Advising his friends and people to follow all the hygiene measures, Raina also expects people to share information only from credible sources.  The CSK mainstay is expected to hit the ground running in now postponed 13th season of the upcoming star-studded IPL for his team.

Raina took to social meid platform twitter and wrote, “It’s very important that we understand the need of social isolation to break the chain, don’t spread information from unreliable sources, don’t ignore the health advisories & for sure follow the hygiene measures.#coronavirus. ”

CSK was supposed to travel to Mumbai and take on Rohit Sharma led Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. The match was scheduled on March 29 as the inaugural match of the IPL 13 season. However, with the spread of CoronaVirus across the nation, BCCI has decided to postpone the IPL. the star-studded cricketing extravaganza will now commence from April 15.

ALSO READ: South Africa Cricket team Shifted in Kolkata For Safety

Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly in a statement has clarified that the fate of IPL 13 matches played in empty stadiums or the new schedule can be decided after the situation is assessed after April 15.

Earlier, Mumbai Indians captain and India opener and Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma also shared a video on his social media handles using fans to stay safe.

“Last few weeks have been tough for all of us and the world has come to a standstill which is very sad to see. The only way we can come to normalcy is by all of us coming together. And we can do this by being a little smart, a little proactive, knowing our surroundings and as and when we get any symptoms inform your nearest medical authorities,” said the mumbai lad.

ALSO READ: Coronavirus Outbreak: Rohit Sharma Urges People To Stay Safe

“It’s because we all want our kids to go to the school, we want to go to the malls and we all want to watch movies in the theatres,” said the Indian team vice captain.

The state governments across the country have recommended closed places of public gatherings. Places like of schools, malls, cinema halls gyms have been locked down to avoid gatherings.