Cummins sends Covid relief to UNICEF, not to PM CARES fund
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Sydney, May 3 : Kolkata Knight Riders Australian pace bowler Pat Cummins changed his decision to donate to PM CARES fund and instead directed the $50,000 amount pledged for Covid-19 victims, to UNICEF Australia s India COVID-19 Crisis Appeal.
Cummins on Monday quoted-tweeted a Cricket Australia (CA) initiative to help India s Covid-19 victims and wrote, Terrific work @CricketAus. FYI I ended up allocating my donation to UNICEF Australia s India COVID-19 Crisis Appeal. If you re able to, please join many others in supporting this here https://india.unicef.org.au/t/australian-cricket.
Daily Times
April 27, 2021
NEW DELHI: The Kolkata Knight Riders’ Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has donated $50,000 “specifically to purchase oxygen supplies for India’s hospitals” to PM Cares, a fund-raising scheme set up by the prime minister of India in March last year when the Covid-19 pandemic first broke out. Cummins ––- the first cricketer playing in this year’s IPL to publicly announce such a contribution ––- put out a note on Twitter, also calling on his fellow IPL players to contribute.
“There has been quite a bit of discussion over here as to whether it is appropriate for the IPL to continue while COVID-19 infection rates remain high,” Cummins wrote. “I’m advised that the Indian Government is of the view that playing the IPL while the population is in lockdown provides a few hours of joy and respite each day at an otherwise difficult time for the country. As players, we are privileged to have a platform that allows us to reach millions of p
The fast bowler urged other top players to do the same, and backed the IPL to continue
Kolkata Knight Riders Australian pacer Pat Cummins on Monday announced a USD 50,000 donation towards PM CARES Fund for oxygen supplies in India s COVID-19 ravaged hospitals and backed the IPL to continue, saying he has been advised that the Indian government views it as few hours of joy in a difficult time.
In a statement on his official Twitter handle, he made the announcement and urged other top players to do the same as the country battles a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pat Cummins. (ANI Photo/ IPL Twitter)
NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders Australian pacer Pat Cummins on Monday announced a $50,000 donation towards PM CARES Fund for oxygen supplies in India s COVID-19 ravaged hospitals and backed the IPL to continue, saying he has been advised that the Indian government views it as few hours of joy in a difficult time.
In a statement on his official Twitter handle, he made the announcement and urged other top players to do the same as the country battles a deadly second wave of the pandemic recording more than 2,000 daily deaths for the past few days.
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