Mushfiqur Rahim bat auction

Coronavirus news: Mushfiqur Rahim put up his bat in charity auction and Shahid Afridi buy the bat for USD 20,000.

This is the bat which was used in Mushficqur's 200 run's innings in Gole Test.

The auction had run into trouble after fraud bidders had flooded the method last week.

Mushfiqur Rahim with his bat for auctio, Cricketix   

According to Mushfiqur, who went live on Facebook to form the announcement, Afridi made his bid on May 13 after reading about the bat rising for auction. He also mentioned that Tamim Iqbal who is a close person of Shahid Afridi  played a task in Afridi buying the bat for charity.

Mushfiqur Rahim said."Shahid Afridi bought my bat on behalf of his foundation.I feel privileged and honoured that someone like him has joined our great cause. We had to hang the auction due to some fraud bidders, which was unexpected. After seeing this news Shahid vai contacted me personally.  (of my bat put on auction). He sent an offer letter on May 13 that he was interested to buy for USD 20,000, which is almost BDT 16.8 lakh. I want to thank everyone concerned, which includes my very good friend Tamim Iqbal. He helped me a lot and play a great role in this work in this regard."

Most of the proceeds from Mushfiqur's bat will attend the NGO BRAC for cash disbursement among the poor, while Mushfiqur will donate the remainder to a charity of his choice.

A spokesperson of BRAC told the Dhaka-based newspaper New Age that the proceeds from this venture will attend a fund through which the organisation is disbursing Tk 1,500 cash incentives per family during this pandemic situatio