Balvir Chand, Sachin Tendulkar's doppelganger who had been employed as the brand ambassador of a fast-food chain in Mumbai, lost his job due to the coronavirus lockdown. The 50-year-old returned to his village in Punjab and tested positive for coronavirus. "Hopefully, jobs will be back and people will find value in my freaky appearance again," he said.
Chand was brand ambassador of Goli vada pav—an ethnic fast food chain with 350 outlets in more than 90 cities, and earned enough to be able to live in a rented flat in Mumbai’s Vikroli suburb. Chand has carried his Tendulkar persona for 22 years. Paying rent became difficult, and when inter-state travel resumed, Chand, his wife and three children took a train to return to their village. The Paschim Express journey from Mumbai to Ludhiana though left three of them Covid-19 positive. Chand, a 10th standard pass out, rose to fame after he travelled to Delhi to watch the India-Pakistan Test, in which Anil Kumble took all 10 wickets
