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Cricket World Cup 2019, Bangladesh cricket team on a mission to conquer the world on English soil. Led by Captain Mashrafe bin Murtaza, the team is ready to see maximum success. Shakib Al Hasan, the head of the prepared team. The highest expectations come from the team’s best bat and ball star. However, Shakib exceeded that expectation. He took 11 wickets with the ball and scored 708 batting runs and 2 centuries and 5 fifties.
He is only the fifth hitter in the world to reach the 800 mark in a World Cup. And every race Shakib made at the England World Cup came with a ‘SG’ brand bat. In Shakib’s words, his “favorite bat”. In the World Cup, he made this bat his sword and cut the bowler hats of the opponents. This time he handed over the bat at auction to support the defenseless in the Crown War. Today I will try to know the history of that bat.
Shakib’s bat history began from the IPL era. While there, Shakib began preparing for the World Cup. He used this bat to practice thinking he would not use it in the game. “Since cricketers play a lot of balls in practice, there is more damage to the bat,” he said. As a result, we don’t want to play the game with the bat. Our practice and match bats are always different.
And that was my practice bat. On top of that, there was another bat in practice. Since the IPL, I have been playing with these two bats in practice in preparation for the World Cup.
He used to hit with this bat even when he was working at batting with Salauddin Sir. In fact, I had no intention of playing in the World Cup with this bat. ‘
Although Shakib did not want to, the bat came to Shakib as a messenger of good fortune. I wanted this bat to be the second or third bat in the World Cup. However, Pasha’s donation changed when she reached Ireland’s Tri-Nation series before the World Cup.
Let’s hear that Shakib story: “It wasn’t my first choice for the World Cup.” It was the No. 3 or No. 2 bat in the World Cup. It is written on the handle of my bat.
But it became the first option when we went to Ireland before the World Cup. So I had a new bat to play in the game. However, I came down with this bat in the match against the Antilles. In fact, I started to feel very comfortable holding this bat while netting for a long time. I felt like I had a relationship with this bat. ‘
The first game of the series began with 61 undefeated against the Caribbean. Shakib later achieved another half century undefeated. “I plan to play in the World Cup with him,” he said. Although I have another bat to play in the match at the time, I didn’t do it as a match bat. ”
The Bangladesh World Cup mission began after winning the series in Ireland. The first match was against strong South Africa. However, Bangladesh easily won with the batting force of Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib scored 75 runs with his favorite bat in the game. He scored 64 runs in the next game against New Zealand. After getting a run scored on the same bat, I didn’t think of any alternative at the World Cup. I have good races. I have played with it ever since.
Shakib realizes that this bat is lucky for Shakib at the end of the match against England. “I have played with that bat in every game, especially since the game against England,” he said. I didn’t think about changing the bat. Basically after 120 against England (121 runs) he changed the bat. But then I can play 2-3 more balls. But I got out before adding any runs. Then I realized that this bat is lucky for me. Thereafter, I focused on how to use this bat to keep it healthy.
However, the shame of playing with the practice bat of the match against England. Since the bat is used a lot, the wood comes out of the bat (which is slightly wood). But the bat became so beloved by Shakib that, even though the bat was taped, Shakib never thought of playing without him. I saw during the World Cup, the bat wood was coming out. In fact, such a problem is seen when playing with a bat for a long time. But when the bat becomes very popular, cricketers have a thing called a bat tape and we keep playing with the bat. I also played with that tape on the bat. At the end of each match, the tape should be applied at 1 o’clock. Because I had to play a lot of balls in almost every game. ”
However, there was a risk of hitting with the bat that brought luck, added Shakib, “There was a risk of playing with the bat. I used to make a sound in the bat’s handle. I was afraid when the referee would give in by mistake. Usually after facing a ball, I could hear the sound when the bat was shaking a bit. But the sound would go away again. Especially at the end of the game when I put the tape on the bat, the sound was no longer there. I wanted to play with that bat and I played. ‘
Shakib has played and has played not only the World Cup but also with this bat. He said he would have played with this bat if he had not been banned from playing cricket. Meanwhile, he said something interesting about the bat: “But the World Cup is not over.” Since then I have hit with this bat in all international matches I have played for Bangladesh. If the ban hadn’t come, he would have played with this bat. Interestingly, the last time I played for Bangladesh was against Afghanistan. I also played with that bat in that game. And he wasn’t out in that match. As a result, I’m still undefeated on this bat. ‘
With this bat, Shakib completed his World Cup mission in a superhuman way. In one inning, Shakib has scored two centuries, five fifty-one innings of five wicket. This is the first time in the history of the World Cup. This time he is using that favorite bat for the benefit of the people. Corona auctioned for the welfare of defenseless and distressed people. So Shakib thanked those who participated in the auction: ‘I would like to thank everyone who participates in this bat auction. Because it is being auctioned by a large company. We will try to help many helpless people with the money received from this. Those who need this help are very important.
In the end, a person named Raj, an expat from America, bought the bat for Rs 20 lakh. Shakib gave up the bat in the interest of the country’s people due to the desired price. If he didn’t get the desired price, he would buy his own bat again. The bat became so dear to Shakib: “I thought I wouldn’t lose it if the desired price didn’t increase at auction.” I will buy my own bat again.
Shakib has auctioned his favorite bat thinking only of the people of the country. He gave extraordinary proof of patriotism. To the auction organizers, Shakib said: ‘My people in Bangladesh are more dear to me than this bat. And I don’t mind giving it to you in times of disaster. “
Corona asked others to show up at this time of disaster. Thanking those who have already entered, Shakib added: ‘Apart from me, I would like to thank everyone who is putting up lots of memories for the auction. Because, the combined efforts of all of us can win a great battle. And this proves that people are very patriotic. ‘
Dhaka / Kamrul
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