Team India pays tribute to Pulwama martyrs, wear special caps during the match
Team India pays tribute to Pulwama martyrs, wear special caps during the match
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Team India on Friday sported special Army caps during the third ODI against Australia as  mark of respect for the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the Pulwama terrorist attack. Indian player also donated their match fee to the National Defence Fund.

In today’s match Captain Virat Kohli came out for the toss wearing the camouflage military cap, which had the BCCI's logo on it. Skipper also urged everyone to contribute towards the National Defence Fund so that the money could be used for the welfare of the families of the slain CRPF Personnel.

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Kohli said, "This is a special cap, it's a tribute to the Armed forces. We're all donating our match fees of this game to the National Defence Fund. I urge everyone in the country to do the same, donate and stick to the families of our armed forces.”

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who holds the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army, handed the caps to his teammates and the Indian cricket board put out a video of it on Twitter.

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A member of the lineup gets Rs 8 lakh as match fees per game in ODIs and the reserve players get half that amount.

In the pulwama attack atleast  40 CRPF personnel were killed.

 

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