Bangladesh allrounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz handed his 'man of the series' prize money to the family of a rickshaw puller who was martyred during the anti-discrimination student movement.
Miraz was key behind Bangladesh's landmark 2-0 series victory over Pakistan.
Miraz handed over Pakistani rupees 500,000 (Tk. 2.14 lakh) to the family of the rickshaw puller on Wednesday. He said this through a social media post on Thursday (September 12).
"Recently, I saw a video that spread online. The words of the crying voice of the child of a rickshaw puller killed in the anti-discrimination student movement in the video touched me," read his post along with a picture with the rickshaw puller’s family.
"I vowed to stand by that brother's family. I promised to hand over the money I got from 'man of the series to them. Finally, the goal was fulfilled. I was able to hand over this money to them yesterday.
I know this money is nothing compared to the life lost. My purpose is to make their lives a little easier with this little money,” the post read further.
"I won the man of the series award for the first time outside the country. I will never forget this moment. This is dedicated to the students who died in the anti-discrimination student movement. A rickshaw puller was injured in that movement. He died later. I want to give the prize money to the family of that rickshaw puller," Miraz said after winning the award.
