Why Gavaskar donated Rs 35 lakh to PMs fund and Rs 24 lakh to CMs

April 08, 2020 13:42

When former Mumbai cricket captain Amol Muzumdar tweeted yesterday that 'just heard that SMG has donated 59 lakhs towards covid relief fund. 35 lakh to @PMCaresFunds n 24 lakhs to @CMOMaharashtra,' and tagged Sunil Manohar Gavaskar's son Rohan among others, the question uppermost in many minds was the breakup in the amounts to the two relief funds. Like, why not make equal contributions? Why not round up the amount, say, to Rs 60 lakh instead of Rs 59 lakh?

The batting legend's son Rohan soon put all such speculation to rest, when he tweeted, '35 because he scored 35 hundreds for India and 24 because he scored 24 for Mumbai'.

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