Mashrafe’s bracelet fetches Tk 42 lakh in auction

Bangladesh's former captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's bracelet, one that he has worn for nearly 18 years, was sold for a whopping Tk 42 lakh during an auction organised by Auction 4 Action yesterday.

Mashrafe auctioned the bracelet to raise funds for people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. Bangladesh Leasing and Finance Companies Association (BLFCA) bid the highest price of Tk 40 lakh for the bracelet that was set at a base price of Tk five lakh.  

The chairman of BLFCA, who is also the CEO of IPDC Finance Limited -- Mominul Islam -- added Tk 2 lakh to the bid, making it Tk 42 lakh in total.

Mominul also announced that they want to return the bracelet to Mashrafe as a gift.

Earlier, Auction 4 Action organised a programme where they put up Shakib Al Hasan's bat for auction, and it was later sold for Tk 20 lakh. Mushfiqur Rahim's bat was sold for Tk 17 lakh, and was bought by Pakistan superstar Shahid Afridi's charity -- Shahid Afridi Foundation. 

Apart from them, Taskin Ahmed, Soumya Sarkar and Akbar Ali also put up their cricketing gears for auction to raise money for the same cause.