KL Rahul comes forward for a noble cause, donates his WC 2019 bat & other cricket kits

KL Rahul had an outstanding World Cup 2019 where he became an opener from a middle-order batsman after regular opener Shikhar Dhawan's tournament was cut short due to a thumb fracture. He played some stellar kcks which helped Men In Blue reach semis. However, he had an off day in semi-final against New Zealand where India were reduced to 5/3 and eventually ended up losing contest by 18 runs. w, Rahul has come forward to auction his 2019 World Cup bat.

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KL Rahul donates his 2019 World Cup bat

It has been learned that Rahul has decided to auction his World Cup 2019 bat and as per reports, all  proceeds from auction will go to ‘Aware Foundation’. Meanwhile, opening batsman who had celebrated his 28th birthday recently went on to say that he has decided to donate his cricket pads, gloves, bats and some of his jerseys to ir collaboration partner Bharat Army who will be auctioning m  and funds will go towards Aware Foundation.

Speaking about foundation, make-shift wicket-keeper added that foundation that look towards helping children and he could t have chosen a better day apart from his birthday to come foward for this ble cause. Coming back to cricket, Rahul was all set to lead 2014 finalists Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2020 which was supposed to get underway on March 29 but has w been indefinitely suspended due to global pandemic. 

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IPL 2020 Suspended

Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi anunced extension of Coronavirus lockdown, BCCI formally suspended 13th edition of IPL on Thursday until furr tice. In a media advisory issued by board, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah stated that IPL Governing Council of BCCI has decided that IPL 2020 Season will be suspended and will only commence when it is safe and appropriate to do so. 

"BCCI will continue to monitor and review situation regarding a potential start date in close partnership with all of its stakeholders and will continue to take guidance from Government of India, State Governments and or State Regulatory bodies," said BCCI. season which was set to commence on March 29 was earlier deferred to April 15 with rising number of cases. 

 

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