South Africa’s star batsman and former captain Faf du Plessis has auctioned his cricket memorabilia for COVID-19 fundraising to help the vulnerable children in the country amid the ongoing crisis caused by the Coronavirus pandemic across the world.
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Du Plessis has donated a new IXU bat and his pink ODI jersey which has his name and number (18) inscribed on the back to raise funds for feeding underprivileged children to help them cope with the COVID-19 pandemic after he was nominated by his former teammate and captain AB de Villiers.
Taking to his Instagram handle on Saturday (July 18), Faf has confirmed the same by sharing the pictures of his memorabilia donated for the noble cause amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Du Plessis said in a long post: “As you all know the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on a lot of people, and we're experiencing these effects first hand in South Africa. I've accepted the @allin_africa challenge after being nominated by @siya_kolisi_the_bear and @abdevilliers17. I've donated one of my almost new IXU bats and my Pink ODI shirt from the 2016 Pink ODI against England that will be auctioned on All in Africa's website.”
He added, “All of the proceeds of the auction will go towards a project I've launched with the Hillsong Africa Foundation. The goal of the project is to raise R500 000 which will be used to feed vulnerable children from local communities. Every donation will go a long way in helping these children.”
Noteworthy, Du Plessis and his wife Imari Visser had earlier raised funds through charity to feed 35,000 kids in South Africa, which is the eighth-most affected country globally with over 3.38 lakh Coronavirus cases and around 5000 deaths till now.
