Published 18:35 IST, May 5th 2021

IPL 2021 postponed: British-Indian commentator Isa Guha donates for India's COVID-19 fight

Former English cricketer and English cricket commentator, Isa Guha has joined the cause to fight the oxygen crisis after she announced her donation on Twitter.

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Even as IPL 2021 postponed news came to light, India continues to battle with second wave of coronavirus which has gripped nation with an oxygen short crisis. During this time, members of  cricketing world are trying ir best to extend ir support and spre awareness across India. w, former English cricketer and English cricket commentator, Isa Guha has joined cause to fight oxygen crisis after she anunced her donation on Twitter.

Isa Guha donates to fight oxygen crisis

Isa Guha took to Twitter on Tuesday to anunce that she h donated to British Asian Trust. She informed everyone that all money is going to support people in India that are facing oxygen crisis while urging everyone to make a donation. She also expressed her thoughts saying that she was thinking of everyone in India and current situation was heartbreaking for her to see.

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British Asian Trust was founded in 2007 and Prince of Whales is President of organisation. trust is running Oxygen for India Emergency Appeal campaign with a goal of 2,000,000 pounds. trust has claimed that donations will support thousands of vulnerable people suffering due to oxygen crisis in India.

Pat Cummins donation

Previously, Pat Cummins donation became talk of town in India last month after he promised to donate USD 50,000 to PM CARES Fund to support country's fight against COVID-19. However, after facing backlash on social media for allocating donation to PM CARES Fund due to lack of accountability, Pat Cummins revealed that he h diverted his donation to UNICEF Australia. UNICEF Australia's 'India COVID-19 Crisis Appeal' is an initiative started in partnership with Cricket Australia and Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) to help tackle ongoing crisis in India.

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IPL suspension news

According to IPL suspension news, IPL 2021 postponed decision came to light after players and staff members started testing positive inside bio-bubble. It started with Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier from KKR squ and when Wriddhiman Saha from SRH squ also tested positive, suspension became inevitable. Indian Premier League Governing Council (IPL GC) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) unanimously decided to postpone IPL 2021 season with immediate effect on Tuesday.

India coronavirus cases analysis

According to JHU CSSE Covid-19 data, as of May 4, 2021, India coronavirus cases analysis saw 382,146 new cases with a weekly aver of 381,124 cases. Vaccine India stats have seen 29,122,833 people being fully vaccinated and 128,627,919 people having received at least first dose of vaccine as of April 19, 2021. India has seen a total of 20.7 million cases with 17 million recovered people and 226,000 deaths.

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18:34 IST, May 5th 2021