Female cricketer Anuja offers groceries, money for people in Kolhapur
Updated On: 07 May, 2020 06:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Subodh Mayure
India women's cricketer Anuja Patil provides groceries and financial assistance to helpless groundsmen back home in Kolhapur; state teammates help too.
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India cricketer Anuja Patil (third from left) distributes groceries to groundsmen at the Shaupuri Gymkhana in Kolhapur recently
With no cricket in sight in the near future due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport's groundsmen are the worst affected. Touched by their plight, India women's all-rounder Anuja Patil has came forward to help the groundsmen in her hometown, Kolhapur. Patil has distributed groceries worth approximately Rs 40,000 to groundsmen besides providing financial aid to some in dire need.
Supporting Patil in this cause are former Maharashtra pacer Ramesh Kadam, her Maharashtra teammate Rutuja Deshmukh, U-23 batsman Ranjit Nikam and trainer Swapnil Kadam. The group visited Kolhapur's Shaupuri Gymkhana, Shivaji Maharaj Stadium and Shau Stadium and provided aid to 11 groundsmen.
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