Mushfiqur Rahim puts up bat for auction to aid relief efforts
The bat is the one with which he made his first Test double-hundred against Sri Lanka in 2013.
DHAKA (Agencies) - Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has decided to put up his bat for auction, the proceeds from which will go towards Covid-19 relief efforts. The bat is the one with which he made his first Test double-hundred against Sri Lanka in Galle in 2013.
"I am putting up the bat with which I made a double hundred for auction," Mushfiqur told the Dhaka-based Bengali daily Prothom Alo. "It will be put up online, so let s see how we can go about it. I urge everyone with the ability to push up the price of the bat since the proceeds will be spent entirely for the poor people."
Mushfiqur s announcement comes a few days after Shakib Al Hasan urged his teammates to auction off their bats, jerseys and other equipment to provide for the poor during this time.
England s World Cup winning cricketer Jos Buttler has already raised GBP 65,100 by auctioning off his World Cup final jersey.
