Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza, Yuvraj Singh steps up for Ice Bucket ChallengeSports Buzz

August 21, 2014 14:19
Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza, Yuvraj Singh steps up for Ice Bucket Challenge},{Rohan Bopanna, Sania Mirza, Yuvraj Singh steps up for Ice Bucket Challenge

(Image source from: Rohan Bopanna)

With Ice Bucket Challenge craze spreading like wildfire, even Indian sportsman couldn't stay immune to the charity dare with double ace Rohan Bopanna stepping up for the challenge.

This ASL organized challenge, which involves participants to empty a bucket of ice cold water over their heads to raise awareness about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, has been a he hit so far.

Another rule of the challenge is that once completed, the individual must post the video on social networking sites and nominate three people to take up the challenge within 24 hours or donate $100 to any charity working to fight the neurodegenerative disorder.

Bopanna was dared by Indian-American tennis player Amrit Narsimhan, who posted his icy video on Twitter on Sunday. A quivering Bopanna nominated Bengaluru FC and actor Rahul Bose for the challenge.

Bose, however, bowed out of the challenge, tweeting, "Been chosen by Rohan Bopanna for #IceBucketChallenge to raise money/awareness for ALS. Hv decided not to waste clean water, but will donate!" However, Bengaluru FC were happy to oblige.

"We accept Rohan's challenge and nominate Ashwini Ponnappa, Sania Mirza and Yuvraj Singh. Good luck guys, let's end ALS," Club COO Mustafa Ghouse said.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury

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