The auction of Mushfiqur's bat started again
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim's historical bat auction has started again after being halted for some time due to fake bidding.
Mushfiq put up the bat for auction through which he scored country’s first-ever Test double hundred with an aim to raise funds for coronavirus affected people on May 9 and was expected to end on May 14.
However, the organizers had to temporarily suspend the auction of that bat due to countless fake bids. After being closed for some time, the auction of that historic bat has started again.
Mushfiq’s management company, Nibco struck a deal with Pickaboo.com, an e-commerce site, where the bat was placed for auction. An official from Picaboo said that they temporarily suspended the process after some dubious bids. As of Tuesday, there have been 53 bids and the price of the bat has crossed BDT 41 lakh.
After it was closed due to fake bids, the auction house started finding out the fake bids. After the process was over, the auction started again around 9.30 pm. A source working close to the auction confirmed this to Cricfrenzy
The source also said that from now on the call will be taken very carefully so that fake bids can be avoided.
Mushfiq scored his first double century for the country in Galle against Sri Lanka in 2013 and put that historic bat in the auction to raise fund and help the needy people who are facing the most distress due to the coronavirus.
