New Delhi: Former Indian skipper and ace glovesman who has always contributed to humanitarian crisis has once again come to the fore by donating a sum of Rs 1 lakh on a crowdfunding website Ketto, to the Mukul Madhav Foundation in Pune which will support 100 families for 14 days amid the nationwide lockdown declared by Prime Minister Modi in wake of the deadly COVID-19 crisis.

With the cases of COVID-19 infected patients being one of the highest in Maharashtra, Pune is one of the worst-hit cities by the novel virus with over 30 positive cases reported and hundreds of people in quarantine.

Dhoni’s donation will be used to provide relief kits in Pune to the daily wage workers who are the worst affected from the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The relief kit consists of basic essential items such as soap, rice, flour, oil, grains, pulses, biscuits, tea, sugar, spices, etc. Following Dhoni’s kind gesture, many people started noticing and chipped in with a donation to raise as much as Rs 11.5 lakh for the campaign.

Indian cricketers have been at the fore-front in helping out at the time of this deadly health crisis as the likes of Indian skipper Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, BCCI President Sourav Ganguly and many more have made noteworthy contributions to aid relief and medical work all over the country.