Due to the coronavirus, all cricketing event has been postponed for an indefinite period. Team boy, massage men have no income because of this completely. Considering their condition, the five most experienced cricketers Bangladesh national team came forward, report agencies.
Mashrafe Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah Riyad each donating BDT one lakh to give support to the 50 team boy and massage men.
"We five are trying to help the team of 50 team boy and massage men on a smaller scale. To all those who work with clubs, different cricket teams, we five are giving a total of BDT five lakh to them. Trying to help on a small scale. As there is no game right now. They will not have any chance of earning.” said a senior member of the team.
Prime Bank team boy Delwar Hossain Sentu is looking after the initiative on behalf of the team boys' side. He told to reporters that they work in the domestic league and as the all kind of sports has called off they have no income option. So they had asked for help from Mushfiq and Tamim. Then they came forward to stand beside them.
"We work in the domestic league. All kind of sports is halted now. So, we had asked for help to Mushfiq bhai, Tamim bhai. They had said that they will look into it. Then they have helped us with money. We are not under BCB's contract. We have not received any help from the board yet," Delwar Hossain Sentu said.
Cricketers have come forward with the help of people from the beginning of the coronavirus. Some are standing on beside the underprivileged people by their own, others are coming forward by forming group.
The Bangladesh cricket team's contracted players had already paid a month of their salary to a government fund in order to fight the virus. The cricketers however have also been putting their individual effort to help out others in need. Mushfiqur Rahim on Sunday said that the bat he used to score Bangladesh's first-ever double ton was going to be put up for auction.
A local daily yesterday also reported that Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur have come together to help out the massage personnel and team boys with a donation of one lakh Taka each.
