Omar Abdullah shares video of cricket played inside quarantine centre

While India reels under the rampage of the novel coronavirus pandemic a video of people playing cricket at a quarantine centre is winning hearts online Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday took to Twitter to share a clip from a quarantine center that has now garnered all sorts of reactionsTaking to the microblogging site the Jammu amp Kashmir National Conference party leader shared a small video clip from one of the quarantine centres to spread happiness and joy among others While sharing the video with his 32 million followers Omar Abdullah said Have space will play Quarantine time pass He ended his caption with a cricket bat and ball emoticonHave space will play Quarantine time pass ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcirc pictwittercom2rYZFUrGVlmdash Omar Abdullah OmarAbdullah June 10 2020In the 37seconds video clip residents of the quarantine center can be seen playing cricket to pass their time amid the COVID19 crisis As the video moves further one can see multiple hospital beds kept at about 6feet distance from each other in the premises while the men engage in a game of cricket in one corner of the centreWe Indian always find something to entertain ourself in tough time ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircregethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircsup3mdash Faijan Qureshi FaijanQureshi_ June 10 2020Armed with face mask the group of men can be seen playing cricket on the artificial turf of the quarantine centre while a few patients can be seen resting on their beds Since being shared online the video has garnered over 90000 views and nearly 5000 likes The beautiful video has garnered all sort of comments with netizens lauding the spirits of those quarantined due to the deadly virusCricketing brains to tackle corona Hope no one is run outmdash Iqbal Saleem DrIqbalSaleemM1 June 10 2020One user said Boys playing really well while lauding the men in the video a second user wrote True example of not letting your shoulders drop even when you are put through toughest challenges A third user commented We Indian always find something to entertain ourself in tough time A fourth user trying to show the witty side of the video said Cricketing brains to tackle corona Hope no one is run outAre patients this irresponsible amp not bothered about patients Which is this hospital Its management amp the players must be sackedmdash Chandrashekhar Chandra46 June 10 2020While some users loved the video there were others who raised concerns with regards to social distancing and risking life of other patients One of the users said Are patients this irresponsible amp not bothered about other patients Which is this hospital Its management amp the players must be sacked while another user stated Good for positivity But they are creating disturbance to the other people lying on the bedHeres how netizens reacted to the viral videoTrue example of not letting your shoulders drop even when you are put through toughest challengesmdash Eshan Gupta gupta13_eshan June 10 2020It is better to b home quarantine to prevent the spread of virus as one positive person can effect the others playing or watching cricketmdash Raies Hussain raies_hussain June 10 2020Boys playing really wellmdash Naved ahmad naivesstory June 10 2020The uncle on the bed at square leg ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircmacrmdash Chambal ka Badshah BhadoriaAakash June 10 2020This will increase their immunity to fight against COVID ethAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircAcircmdash Junaid Baba baba1980_baba June 10 2020Yeah right and touching same ball again and again by everyone will keep the virus sustainedludos all overmdash Ankit Tomar ank8tomar June 10 2020On Wednesday a total of 161 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir thereby taking the Union Territorys tally to 4507 To date 51 patients have lost their lives due to the deadly virus in Jammu and Kashmir while 1671 people have completely recovered from the global pandemicCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news