Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan felicitated by Gujarat Government for notable contributions in India's Covid-19 fight

The Covid-19 pandemic has jolted the entire world in unimaginable ways. After the virus emerged in 2019, it spread faster than fire and captured the entire world into its vicious grip over the last year, with India being one of the most severely affected nations.

The first case in the nation was reported in early 2020, and while strict lockdowns and other measures led India to tackle the first wave of the pandemic effectively, the second one ruthlessly wiped off the entire hard work and recovery as the country witnessed record-shattering numbers for weeks in a row, with a significant increase in the number of lives lost too, as compared to the previous year.

While the recent trends suggest a recovery of sorts – India is recording much lesser fresh infections than it did a few days ago – the dreary predictions of a third wave later this year or early 2022 loom large, demanding the country to not put the guard down just yet.

The philanthropic Pathans

In these extraordinarily trying times, a host of cricketers and renowned personalities came forward to contribute to India’s fight in whatever capacity they could have. One of the players who has been at his toes in helping the fellow countrymen in every way possible has been Irfan Pathan and his elder brother Yusuf Pathan, both Covid-19 survivors, who have taken multiple initiatives in the last few months and have left no stone unturned in assisting those in need of help.

The brothers extended support by providing free meals to the residents of Vadodara and South Delhi earlier this year, while in another humanitarian gesture, the duo had donated masks and other essential supplies to policemen working tirelessly in their resident city even during the peak of the pandemic.

Pathan brothers, who run the Cricket Academy of Pathan’s (CAP), recently donated enough ration to fulfill the need of over 90,000 families apart from dispatching many batches of oxygen concentrators in what was an initiative of Mehmoodkhan S Pathan Charitable Trust.

Such brilliant work calls for due recognition, and that Irfan Pathan got from the Gujarat government that felicitated him for a list of his noble initiatives in such exceedingly catastrophic times. Taking to Twitter, the former India player thanked the Gujarat governor.

Thank you @ADevvrat sir for felicitating me. big admirer of your initiatives and good work,one being the ‘Corona Sewa Yagna’, which helped a lot of ppl in this pandemic. Thank you for being a wonderful host,Your words will inspire me to do a lot in future. Good work @AmitabhShah pic.twitter.com/8VB96dvnbi

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) June 3, 2021