Shane Warne seeks BCCI, Indian fans' help for donations to Australian bushfire victims

Australian bowling legend Shane Warne recently made a big sacrifice to help people of his country combat raging bushfires that have been making life difficult down under. Mainly affecting state of New South Wales, Australian bushfires have killed an uncountable number of animals along with damaging human property and also taking some lives. In this time of trdy, Shane Warne has reached out to India for some help.

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Shane Warne urges BCCI, India to help amidst Australian bushfire news

Speaking to a leading Indian media daily Shane Warne urged his 'fans and friends' from India to make a few donations towards Bushfire Appeal. re have t been any publicised reports of any Indian celebrity making a donation towards Australian fires yet. Warne's appeal will mainly reach out to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and legendary cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.

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Recently, Warne made a very big sacrifice for his country when he chose to auction off his beloved Australian Test cap, 'Baggy Green'. coveted cap is 350th one to be given out to Australian team and was received by Warne, when he made his debut for Australia in 1992. It is same Baggy Green that was a part of Warne's journey from 0 to 708 Test wickets. legendary cap is currently being bid, which sits at AUD 525,500 at time of writing this report. amount roughly converts to ₹2.58 crore. Or players have also committed to helping out Australian victims by making some tremendous commitments. se players include T20 superstars like Chris Lynn and D'Arcy Short.

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IPL 2020: Shane Warne set to return to India

Shane Warne will be returning to India in March when he takes on his role as mentor of Rajasthan Royals in Indian Premier League (IPL). Warne skippered Royals to ir first and only IPL trophy in inaugural edition of tournament in 2008. He also serves as brand ambassador of franchise, which will be led by Australia's premier batsman Steve Smith.

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