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Published 17:04 IST, April 1st 2020

Yuvraj Singh faces more backlash after defending donation to Shahid Afridi's foundation

Yuvraj Singh announced his donation to Shahid Afridi's foundation in a tweet, endorsing that during such testing times, people should look after each other.

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Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has finally broken his silence over the backlash he received from fans after his tweet over helping former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi's foundation in the fight against coronavirus. On Tuesday, Yuvraj Singh had posted a video on Twitter over his contribution to the Shahid Afridi Foundation. He even tagged his former Indian teammate and friend Harbhajan Singh, who had earlier asked cricketers to come forward and help the needy people. Harbhajan Singh, in his video, had tagged Yuvraj Singh, Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar and requested them to spread awareness.  

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Yuvraj Singh donation to Shahid Afridi Foundation 

Yuvraj Singh, in his recent tweet, had written that during such testing times (coronavirus), people should be looking out for each other, especially the ones who are less fortunate.

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Yuvraj Singh responds to criticism 

Yuvraj Singh in his latest tweet has said that whole issue has been blown out of proportion and his intention was to help people and to hurt anyone's feelings. He also said that he will always bleed blood and also stand for humanity. Here's tweet from Yuvraj Singh

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Twitter reacts to Yuvraj Singh response

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17:04 IST, April 1st 2020