Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli donate Rs 2 crore for COVID relief in India

Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have started a fundraiser to contribute towards COVID-19 relief in India. The power couple has donated Rs 2 crore to a fundraiser and aim to raise Rs 7 crore through the initiative. The money raised through this initiative will be directed to a campaign that is extensively working towards providing oxygen, medical manpower, vaccination awareness and telemedicine facilities.

Talking about their fundraiser, Anushka said in a statement, "India is going via an extremely difficult time and the next wave of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic has pushed our country to a state of crisis. It really is time for all those to come together and do our bit for our fellow countrymen who are in serious dependence on support.

Virat and I have been hugely pained looking at the inexplicable suffering that persons are going through and we hope that fund will aid in our fight the virus that people are all helplessly witnessing. We are praying for everyone's safety. We hope that you join us inside our prayers to save as many lives as possible because we all have been in this together."

Indian Cricket Team Captain Virat Kohli, who recently returned home after a cricketer tournament was called off because of COVID-19, shared, "We are going through an unprecedented amount of time in the annals of our country and our nation needs most of us to unite and save as much persons as possible. Anushka and I have been shocked to start to see the human suffering since this past year.

We have been working towards helping as much people as possible through the pandemic and today, India wants our support more than ever. We are starting this fundraiser with the confidence that we will be able to raise substantial funds to aid those in dire need. We are confident that persons will come forward to aid fellow countrymen in crisis. We are in this together and we will overcome this."