Australia suffered a huge natural calamity after the humongous amounts of the bushfires and thousands of people went homeless due to the same. In such a difficult situation, many countries have come forward to support the victims and their families. Even the cricketers are also working quite hard to raise funds for the affected people.
Now, the young leg-spinner, Rashid Khan has put his hand up and decided to auction his expensive car to help out the people in need to get their daily life back on track. The Bushfire danger period season normally starts around October. But, it got off the mark quite early in September that has burnt forests to millions of hectares and destroyed thousands of houses.
Recently, Cricket Australia scheduled two charity matches that will feature several legendary cricketers, like Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Brian Lara and lots more. This has been planned to raise funds for all the native Australians, who suffered the most after the Bushfires.
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Rashid plays for Adelaide Strikers in the BBL and now he has put his expensive car Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV for auction to raise some good funds for the South Australia Bushfire Appeal. The BBL franchise has come up with once in a lifetime offer and according to that, the highest bidder will get an opportunity to watch the next season’s New Year BBL game from the corporate suite with his/her 11 other friends. The owner of the car along with his/her friends will also get food and beverages worth $133 per person for free during the match.
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His @MitsubishiAust Outlander PHEV is up for auction to help raise funds for the SA Bushfire Appeal
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— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) February 2, 2020
The leg-spinner owns a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which is an electric car. The car is fully equipped with all the latest technologies that a person requires. Moreover, Strikers have evaluated the price of the car near and around $47,500. So, they have set the minimum bid at $39,100.
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They also provided complete information about the car saying that it is a loan vehicle that has so far has traveled a distance of 3,900 kms. The BBL team has appreciated the sincere effort of Rahid, who did exceedingly well in this season of BBL. He went on to scalp 19 wickets and amassed 124 runs in his 15 games.