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Dhawan, Unadkat, Pooran donate towards COVID relief

Updated on: 01 May,2021 08:05 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Shikhar Dhawan has also decided to donate his prize money received in various IPL matches, at the end of the event.

Dhawan, Unadkat, Pooran donate towards COVID relief

Shikhar Dhawan

Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan (below) has donated Rs 20 lakh to an NGO for buying oxygen cylinders and concentrators, doing his bit to help the Indian hospitals ravaged by a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dhawan has also decided to donate his prize money received in various IPL matches, at the end of the event.


“We are in unprecedented times right now and it is the need of the hour that we do everything possible to help each other out,” Dhawan posted on social media.


Rajasthan Royals fast bowler Jaydev Unadkat will donate 10 per cent of his IPL salary to help COVID-19 patients who need essential medical resources.


“I am contributing 10% of my IPL salary towards providing essential medical resources for those in need. My family will make sure it reaches the right places. Jai Hind!,” Unadkat tweeted.

Earlier in the day, Punjab Kings’ Nicolas Pooran has also decided to donate a part of his IPL salary to India’s COVID-19 battle.

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