Our BureauCalcutta: The South African and the Indian teams have made donations to help the Cape Town water crisis. According to a Cricket South Africa media release, “Proteas captain, Faf du Plessis, and his Indian counterpart, Virat Kohli, have donated R100 000 to the Cape Town Water Crisis on behalf of both teams”. Gift of the Givers is the largest disaster response NGO of African origin on the African continent. “We also wanted to create awareness and hope that other organisations and sports codes follow in our direction,” added Du Plessis. “Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world and whenever we visit and play at Newlands, we are treated extremely well by the local people.

Source: The Telegraph February 27, 2018 21:22 UTC