Shakib's World Cup bat sold for 20 lakh Taka
Bangladesh premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan's bat, which he used during the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England, was available for a cost of 20 lakh Taka following the 33-year-older followed on the footsteps of teammate Mushfiqur Rahim to auction one of his favourite bats so as to increase fund for battling coronavirus crisis.
The web auction was arranged by a full page named 'Auction 4 Action' on social media. The bottom price tag for Shakib's bat was placed at 5 lakh Taka. And after a fight between a number of bidders, the bat was finally bought by Raj, a Bangladeshi currently residing in america, for 20 lakh Taka. The web auction came to a finish at 11:15pm on Wednesday night.
The Bangladesh all-rounder had a hugely successful Universe Cup on an individual level, setting numerous records despite Bangladesh failing woefully to make it out of the league stage of the tournament. Shakib scored 606 runs in eight matches at typically 86.57 and reach five fifties and two swashbuckling tons against England and West Indies.
Shakib shared his report with the bat and in addition mentioned that he is even now 'not out' with it.
"I have been using this bat and a different one since the IPL, preparing for the upcoming World Cup. I always used these two bats to practice in the nets. Normally we employ unique bats for practice and for matches. But when I went to Ireland, I employed this bat as I found myself comfortable with it after practising with it for an extended period. I possessed built a rapport with this bat.
"It was even so marked as second or third bat, this means it had been never my first-choice bat for matchdays. I played effectively in Ireland with this bat and since that time I always used it for matchdays. Then also in Environment Glass, I played the complete tournament with it. Just in the meet against England I applied a different bat but that as well after having smashed 120 with that one. But I could not even score an individual run with the different bat and I realized which may be here is the bat I need to rating runs with. Possibly I used this bat within the last meet that I enjoyed for Bangladesh against Afghanistan before staying suspended. I am even now 'not out' with that bat I was unbeaten in my last video game," Shakib shared his history throughout a live video express arranged by 'Auction 4 Action' on social mass media.
The fund raised by auctioning this bat will be put into the Shakib Al Hasan Foundation and you will be used to greatly help for battling coronavirus crisis.
