Coronavirus updates: Herschelle Gibbs puts up ‘438’ bat for auction to raise funds for COVID-19

Dixit Bhargav | 02/05/2020
Coronavirus updates: Herschelle Gibbs puts up '438' bat for auction to raise funds for COVID-19

Herschelle Gibbs puts up ‘438’ bat for auction: The former South African cricketer has come forward to contribute towards the ongoing pandemic.

Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs has come forward to become the latest cricketer to initiate an auction in a bid to raise funds for the ongoing novel COVID-19 pandemic.

Gibbs took to his social media platform Twitter account to make public the announcement. “Supersport showing the #438 game . The bat i used that day will be up for auction to raise funds for covid. Kept it all these years,” read Gibbs’ tweet.

It is worth mentioning that Gibbs will donate the bat with which he scored a career-best 175 (111) including 21 fours and seven sixes against Australia while chasing a historic 435-run target. In what was his 16th ODI century, Gibbs was unstoppable on the given day 14 years ago.

Apart from Gibbs, Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali put up his bat and jersey, Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim put up his bat and India wicket-keeper batsman Lokesh Rahul put up his equipment for auction in a bid to gather some financial assistance for workers in their respective countries.

Gibbs, 46, had last played for South Africa in 2010. While Gibbs continued to play in domestic leagues till 2013, he has since then played several charity and awareness matches with the Road Safety World Series earlier this year being the latest one.

Having coached in some T20 leagues, Gibbs had recently expressed interest in becoming the batting coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Herschelle Gibbs puts up ‘438’ bat for auction

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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