I request everyone in Pakistan to raise funds for India and donate oxygen tanks to them: Shoaib Akhtar

Looking at the current COVID crisis in India, Shoaib Akhtar made an appeal all his fans in Pakistan and the government to help raise money for its neighbours and "deliver oxygen tanks to them".

Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar appealed to his countrymen and his government to help neighbours India deal with the ongoing second wave of coronavirus and the subsequent oxygen shortage here. India is really struggling with Covid-19. Global support needed. Health care system is crashing. Its a Pandemic, we are all in it together. Must become each other's support.Full video: https://t.co/XmNp5oTBQ2#IndiaNeedsOxygen #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/vX1FCSlQjs Less than a week before India, the second-worst hit country after USA, is set to begin the third phase of its vaccination drive, active Covid-19 cases in the country exceeded 25 lakh as hospitals struggled for medical oxygen. All central and state governments are acting on war footing to tide over the resurgence of the novel coronavirus pandemic that claimed another 2,624 lives in the last 24 hours alone.