Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter Suresh Raina expressed his thoughts and publicly appealed to his followers on social media to stop sharing fake news regarding the outbreak of the coronavirus. Raina took to Twitter on Monday (March 16) and stressed on the fact that it's critical to break the chain in order to prevent the rapid spread of the contagious disease. The opening match of this year's IPL was supposed to be played between the most successful teams of IPL - defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) - at the iconic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 29. India has recorded more than 100 positive cases so far with the global infected count standing at over 100,000. The death toll because of the virus has gone beyond 5,000 internationally.

Source: dna March 16, 2020 14:15 UTC