Not just Indians, Sri Lankan cricketers are also contributing for Chennai flood relief. While veteran spinner Muralidharan announced 1 Crore, other retired Sri Lankan cricketer Sangakkara donated 65 lakh rupees. Indian One Day cricket team captain MS Dhoni who has a great relation with Chennai has announced Rs 75 lakhs donation. Chennai players Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay said they have been pained by the loss of life in the disaster and will try to help the affected after the series against South Africa.
Ashwin said that he felt gutted for the families who have lost everything in this disaster. Once the series is done he will definitely put his best foot forward for those people.
Opener Vijay has acknowledged the togetherness of people in adverse situation. He also said he rues not being with his family at this hour but remains hopeful of things normalising sooner than later. He also told that the togetherness of the people was unbelievable. It was motivating for him. He hopes that everybody stays strong and pull it off together. Things will be back to normal soon.
We know that, Dhoni was captain of suspended IPL Team Chennai Super Kings. Other cricketers are also expected to announce their donations after the ongoing test series.
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