New Delhi: Amid the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus crisis, former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Sunday cut his own hair and said he went from 'playing square cuts to doing my own hair cuts'.
Tendulkar took to Instagram and shared pictures of him doing his own haircut.
"From playing square cuts to doing my own haircuts, have always enjoyed doing different things. How's my new hairdo looking @aalimhakim and @nandan_v_naik," Tendulkar captioned the post.
Interestingly, Sachin had recently pledged to feed 5000 people for a month.
In March this year, the 46-year-old Indian batting maestro had donated Rs 25 lakh each to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund and the Chief Minister of Maharashtra''s Relief Fund to aid the battle against COVID-19.
Tendulkar was also among the 40 elite sportspersons with whom PM Narendra Modi had a video conference to discuss the prevailing situation on April 3.
Also, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday created a new video to promote wearing masks in public places and help the country battle the COVID-19 pandemic. In the video, India's most revered cricketers such as Virat Kohli and Tendulkar could be seen.
Apart from Kohli and Tendulkar, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly, Smriti Mandhana, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Harmanpreet Kaur, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Mithali Raj, can be seen in the video as they speak about the importance of wearing masks and following the directives of the government in this fight.
The 'Team Mask Force' has been created to spread awareness about wearing masks in public places.
"TeamIndia is now #TeamMaskForce! Join #IndiaFightsCorona and download @mygovindia's @SetuAarogya mobile application Mobile phone," the BCCI tweeted.
PM Modi on April 14 announced the extension of lockdown till May 3 in an attempt to contain COVID-19.
According to the latest update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of positive cases in India has mounted to 16,116 and 519 deaths have been reported till now.
