Banned cricket hero Shakib auctions bat for Bangladesh virus victims

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“Former Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan is revered at home despite being banned for two years for failing to report a match-fixing approach. ©AFP” /> Dhaka (AFP) – Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan, banned in October for failing to report a match-fixing attempt, raised almost $24,000 for the country’s coronavirus campaign by auctioning the bat he used to score 606 runs at last year’s World Cup. The winning bidder at the online auction Wednesday was a New York-based Bangladeshi, said Arif R. Hossain, co-founder of an organisation established to…