Indian sports community prays for Chennai flood victims

12/02/2015

Chennai is facing its worst crisis in the last hundred years as heavy rains have flooded the city and its suburbs. The Indian sports community took to Twitter to express their support for Chennai flood victims.

Home town heroes Vishwanathan Anand and Ravichandran Ashwin prayed for the safety of the people and asked people to help anyone in need.

Chennai needs help. #chennairains . Please help the next needy person. Sun please shine on us. Be safe nama ooru
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) December 1, 2015

My thoughts are with all the people in Chennai!!Please reach out and help those in need.
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) December 1, 2015

Indian Super League (ISL) team Chennaiyin FC and Indian Premier League (IPL) team Chennai Super Kings have been helping people through Twitter by publicizing helpline numbers and information.

If there is any information that you think needs to be seen, tweet to us & we'll RT them! Let's stand together in the face of this crisis!
— Chennaiyin FC (@ChennaiyinFC) December 2, 2015

Stay strong Chennai! This too shall pass! We will get thru this together. Let us know if we can RT any info that can help ppl! #Chennairains
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) December 1, 2015

Chennaiyin FC manager Marco Materazzi also had dedicated the team’s 3-0 victory against Mumbai City FC on Tuesday to the people of Chennai.

Below are some of the numbers u can contact in case u are stranded! Treefall/Water Logging: 1913 #ChennaiRains(1/2) pic.twitter.com/WPKSZtq8HQ
— Chennaiyin FC (@ChennaiyinFC) December 2, 2015

Chennayin FC’s Indian striker Jeje Lalpekhlua and ISL team FC Goa also expressed his support for the people of Chennai.

My prayers and thoughts are with the people of Chennai facing the devastating floods. "PRAY FOR CHENNAI "
— jeje lalpekhlua (@jejefanai) December 2, 2015

Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the #ChennaiFloods. #Goa prays that the Machans will come out safe and strong.
— FC Goa (@FCGoaOfficial) December 2, 2015

Indian cricket star Rohit Sharma, Indian footballer Nirmal Chettri and commentator Harsha Bhogle also expressed their support for Chennai through Twitter.

Stay safe Chennai. Warms my heart to see people open their homes to help each other out. Let's not forget our animals #ChennaiFloods
— Rohit Sharma (@ImRo45) December 2, 2015

Stay strong and safe CHENNAI. #ChennaiFloods
— Nirmal Chettri (@nirmalchettri03) December 2, 2015

My timeline has a lot of people from Chennai who seem very worried by the rains and the flooding. Hope things get better soon.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 1, 2015

Prayers for Chennai also came from abroad in the form of former CSK batsman Matthew Hayden.