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An engineering student who asked Rishabh Pant to sponsor his education has refunded the money to the cricketer after he faced severe backlash. As per several media reports, a fan asked the cricketing star to donate a sum of ₹90,000, and while his request didn’t get fulfilled initially, Pant came up with a response which quickly spread across the social media. Pant gave a heartwarming reply to the fan and aided him, which earned him praise from the netizens.
The cricketer is adorned by his fans for his match-winning knocks as well as his casual and down-to-earth nature. A user on social-connecting-network, X (formerly Twitter), made a crowdfunding campaign to pay his college fees. The fan also tagged Pant and made a special request to the 26-year-old cricketer.
The fan with username @TrueIndScenes tweeted, “Hello @RishabhPant17 Sir I’m a student struggling to fund my engineering education. Your support can change my life. Please consider helping or sharing my campaign. Your kindness would mean everything to me. #CrowdfundingCampaign #Cricket“. Pant came up with a heartwarming reply and said, “Keep chasing your dreams. God has better plans always tc.”
As shared by another user, Pant also donated INR 90,000 to the fan for his college fees. However, as per several reports, it is now believed that the fan lied to the cricketer and wanted the money to pay for his lost bets. The fan was later subjected to online trolling after the revelation and was compelled to refund the entire money to Pant.
He shared on X, "Refunding all the money to Rishabh pant. Please I can't handle all these hate. Right now refund is not allowed by team ketto. I mailed them and as soon as they allow, I will refund the money and post ss here. Sorry to all.” Notably, Pant last played for India in the Sri Lanka tour, where India lost the ODI series 0-2 and won the T20I series 3-0.
