Cricket: Tendulkar donates 10 million rupees to help India battle COVID-19 surge


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  • Friday, 30 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - MCC v Rest of the World - Lord's - 5/7/14 Sachin Tendulkar at the end of the match Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Steven Paston

(Reuters) - India batting great Sachin Tendulkar has donated 10 million rupees (approximately $135,000) to a fundraising campaign that is helping hospitals treating COVID-19 patients procure oxygen concentrators.

Mission Oxygen, which describes itself as a non-for-profit, charitable initiative, said it has placed an order for 1,365 concentrators from China and thanked Tendulkar for his donation.

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