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Former India Captain Sunil Gavaskar donates Rs 59 lakh towards COVID-19 relief fund

By Saurabh Sharma April 07, 2020 • 22:05 PM View: 985

Mumbai, April 7: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has made a donation of Rs. 59 lakhs towards COVID-19 relief fund.

The amount was confirmed by former Mumbai skipper Amol Muzumdar on Twitter. According to him, Gavaskar has contributed Rs 35 lakh towards Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM-CARES Fund) and Rs 24 lakh towards Chief Minister's (Maharashtra) Relief Fund.

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