Days after donating $50,000 into the PM CARES fund to help India in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic, Australian pacer Pat Cummins has said that cancelling the remainder of the ongoing edition of the IPL is not the answer to India’s health crisis.
"I don't think ending the IPL is the answer," said Cummins, who represents the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, in an interview with WION. “We are doing everything we can to make sure we don't take any resources out of the front line. I don't think so (it's the answer),” he further added.
Instead, he said that the IPL can influence people in staying at their homes in the evening hours and may well help authorities in avoiding situations of crowding in public.
"Of course there's an aspect that playing every night for three-four hours hopefully contributes to people staying home as it has been a hard routine for them and we can help them get through each day," he added.
Having asked what led to him contributing to the PM Cares, Cummins said that the team owner Sharukh Khan and many of his Knight Riders teammates have contributed generously for the cause and hence he thought it was the way to go about helping the people in India.
“Just chatting with a couple of guys here at Kolkata Knight Riders and they have been really generous in their donation to the PM CARES fund over the last year. Shahrukh (Khan) donated himself and that is the way to go,” Cummins said.
Pat Cummins contribution to the PM Cares fund earned him high praise from the people and commentators on social media for having a great heart and coming in for people’s cause in one of the toughest time.