DHAKA, May 20, 2020 (BSS)-Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim
provided financial support to 50 wheel chair cricketers.
“Mushfiqur ‘bhai’ provided financial help to those who played
international matches and represented national team,” Captain of the
physically-challenged cricketers Mohammad Mohsin said today.
He said the financial assistance was sent to the players through mobile
banking.
Mohsin said the assistance was given to the wheel chair players from all
parts of the country. “We’re distributing the money to the players through
mobile banking,” he said.
“This is a very good news for us that a player like Mushfiqur Rahim came
up as the assistance of us,” he added.
Mushfiqur has already given the half of his monthly salary to the
Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh’s (CWAB) fund along with other
national players to raise fund for the Covid-19-affected people.
He also provided 200 PPE and hand sanitizers to the health workers of
Bogura Medical College. Apart from this, he gave financial assistance to the
people of Bogra, which is his birth place, through the local councilor.
Mushfiqur also gave one time monetary assistance to 30 net bowlers before
he put his bat, which he used to score country’s maiden double century, up
for auction.
He raised Tk. 17 lakh from the auction, which he will now spend for the
coronavirus-affected people in the country.