Soumya, Taskin jointly earned TK Eight and half Lakh through auction
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Batsman Soumya Sarkar and Taskin Ahmed’s bat and ball earned TK Eight and a half Lakh collectively as it was auctioned to raise funds for the people suffering from the coronavirus pandemic.
The base price of the hat-trick bowl of Taskin and the bat of Soumya was fixed to BDT three Lakh that was put up to auction by Auction 4 Action on Sunday.
Taskin’s ball got sold for TK Four Lakh, Soumya's bat got sold for TK Four and half Lakhs.
Both ball and bat have been bought by a renowned bank of Bangladesh but the identity of the bank is still not have been published.
Taskin said that the ball was very close to his heart.
‘’The hat-trick ball is very special to me. Not only the hat trick one but every five-wicket haul ball is very special to me and when I saw many people coming forward with their favorite things. So I also thought to come forward with one of my favorite things during this coronavirus pandemic situation. So I came forward with this ball,’’ said Taskin.
‘’It actually takes more luck than skill to do a hat trick. I would have auctioned the ball with which I had five-wicket in my debut, but unfortunately, I have lost that because that ball was more important to me. That ball was much close to my heart,’’ he said.
Soumya echoed the same sentiment adding that he got a lot of memories attached to it as through it he scored his maiden Test hundred against New Zealand.
‘’Of course, a century is a big matter for any batsman. I was practicing the night before going down to bat against New Zealand. So that night 'SS' the sponsor of my bat gave me two bats. So the next day I went to play in Hamilton with that new bat,’’ said Soumya.
‘’I was staring at the bat for a long time when I scored the hundred. The first hundred of mine in Test, I have a lot of emotions involved with that bat. I thought the bat would stay with me for a long time. But the situation is such that to see a smile on people’s face I have to give away the bat, I feel very good about it,’’ he said.
‘’On that day before the century, when I had scored 70/75 runs, the ball hit my hand and the hand got swollen. The pain in the hand increased a lot when I was in my 80/90 runs. I told Riyad [Mahmudullah] Bhai that I wouldn't able to bat anymore. You try to play one or two over because my hand pain will need some time to subside. So when I got my century, I go to Riyad Bhai and say thank you very much. If Riyad Bhai had not helped me that day, I would not have been able to score a century,’’ he concluded.
