COVID-19: Sai Praneeth donates ₹4 lakh to charity

The Indian shuttler donates to the Prime Minister’s relief fund and the Telangana Chief Minister’s relief fund.

B. Sai Praneeth is the current World No. 13 in men’s singles.

India shuttler B. Sai Praneeth on Wednesday donated ₹4 lakh to help in the fight against the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic.

Praneeth donated ₹3 lakh to the Prime Minister’s relief fund and ₹1 lakh for the Telangana Chief Minister’s relief fund.

“I contributed [₹3 lakhs] for PM relief fund and [₹]1 lakh for Telangana state CM relief fund as my part in this fight against covid-19. Hope my contributions help the nation in this tough situation. @PMOIndia @narendramodi @TelanganaCMO @KTRTRS,” Praneeth wrote on

Twitter .

Praneeth thus joined his fellow shuttlers - including P. V. Sindhu and P. Kashyap - and chief national coach P. Gopichand in this endeavour to raise funds for relief efforts.