Dhaka: By winning the first two matches of the ODI series, the series was already in Bangladesh’s hands. The 22-year-old young opener Cooper Connolly won the match with the bat in the last ODI match between Bangladesh and Australia. He ensured Australia’s dramatic victory by 1 wicket by playing a fast innings of 149 runs off 134 balls at Mirpur’s Sher-e-Bangla Stadium. Connolly won the award for scoring the most runs in the series due to this great performance. He got a motorbike.
After that a video went viral. It can be seen that Bangladeshi cricketer Liton Das is riding that bike. As news spread, Connolly set a humanitarian example off the field after storming the field. He gave the bike as a prize to Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Liton Das as a gift. Instantly, it earned a lot of praise from cricket lovers. There was a stir on social media.
But later found out, Liton DasWho gave that bike is not former cricketer Cooper Connolly, but Bangladesh pacer Shariful Islam.
In the last match of the ODI series, Shariful Islam took 6 wickets and became the best wicket taker of the series. As a reward he won a brand new bike and gifted it to teammate Liton Kumar Das out of love and respect. Liton was very happy to receive the gift and even drove the bike at the Mirpur Stadium.
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