Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has raised over $23,000 [£19,000] for funding the fight against Covid-19, after auctioning a bat he used in the 2019 World Cup.
The 33-year-old, whose ongoing two-year ban by ICC has coincided with the suspension of international cricket, followed teammate Mushfiqur Rahim, who had also auctioned the bat with which he scored Bangladesh’s first Test double-hundred in 2013.
Starting off from the base price of 500,000 BDT [Bangladeshi Taka], Shakib’s bat fetched four times the base amount, before the auction, hosted on a Facebook page, ended on Wednesday evening. The funds raised by Shakib’s bat will go towards funding his foundation in their fight against the pandemic.
Recently, India’s versatile batsman KL Rahul donated parts of his kit to raise funds, while last month, England wicketkeeper-bat Jos Buttler raised over £65,000 by auctioning the jersey he wore in the World Cup final against New Zealand.
