By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: The Royal Challenger Bangalore, RCB’s Chrish Morris has drawn a huge praise from sports loving Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for his empathetic encourgemnet to COVID-19 heroes of this eastern Indian State of Odisha.
“Appreciate @Tipo_Morris & @RCBTweets for showcasing the selfless work of people like Nilachala Parida of #Odisha at the grand stage of #IPL2020. These good samaritans inspire the society to stand up for those affected the most by the pandemic,” Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnain tweeted@Naveen_Odisha.
“Nilachala Parida set up a vegetable shack during lockdown and offered free delivery to senior citizens. Saluting Nilachala’s spirit,I’ll be wearing a jersey dedicated to him and all such challengers! #CovidHeroes #WeAreChallengers #MyCovidHeroes #ChallengeAccepted,” tweeted Chris Morris@Tipo_Morris.
Morris made his Twenty20I debut for South Africa on 21 December 2012 against New Zealand. He had figures of 3.4-0-19-2 in that game before suffering an injury.Morris made his One Day International debut for South Africa on 10 June 2013 against Pakistan as part of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.He made his Test debut for South Africa against England on 2 January 2016.
“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,” tweeted Mohammad Kaif @MohammadKaif while sharing a photo these above mentioned players.
