When Majid Khan called Cricket Australia asking 'Where could my paramount bat be?'
At the point when Pakistan's previous Test cricketer Bazid Khan came to Australia to commentate the T20 World Cup matches, he was searching for the memorable cricket bat with which his dad and the renowned batsman of his time, Majid Khan, had utilized the mid-day break in a Test match. Had made hundred years prior.
Bazid Khan tells the BBC: 'When I came to Melbourne to commentate the Pakistan-India match, I went to the exhibition hall at the Melbourne Cricket Ground where this bat was kept, however I was unable to see the bat on which I asked my dad. talked. They called Cricket Australia and asked about the bat, where did it go?'
According to bazid Khan, 'After a call from my dad, Cricket Australia learned about the bat and observed that it was held away under a similar Melbourne historical center. As a matter of fact, on the off chance that an item kept in this exhibition hall starts to crumble, it is set away to forestall further decay, where the temperature is controlled and the things don't break down. The grasp of this bat was starting to weaken, so it was likewise eliminated from the exhibition hall and kept away.
As per him, 'I was told about the memorabilia safeguarded in the Australian Gallery that they keep anything in its unique structure. Albeit the hold of this bat is somewhat harmed, it won't be regripped or fixed. This bat will stay away now however assuming any individual from our family comes here, they will show it like they showed me.'
How did this bat come to Australia?
It was Majid Khan's number one bat with which he scored 100 years before the mid-day break on the principal day of the Karachi Test against New Zealand on 30 October 1976.
After the home series against New Zealand, the Pakistani cricket crew came to Australia to play the Test series. She was rehearsing at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when the secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club came to Majid Khan and asked him, "Could you provide us with this bat of yours so we can keep it in our exhibition hall?"
As a matter of fact, before Majid Khan, just three batsmen, Victor Trumper, Charles McCartney and Sir Wear Bradman, had scored 100 years before the mid-day break on the main day of a Test, and each of the three were from Australia.
The secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club needed to keep the bat in their exhibition hall as Majid Khan turned into the main non-Australian batsman to win the honor.
In this series against Australia, Australian quick bowler Dennis Lillee moved Majid Khan to drop his cap from his head with his bouncer, yet in spite of every one of his endeavors in the three Test matches, Majid Khan's particular cap didn't tumble down. In spite of this, toward the finish of the series, Majid Khan gifted the cap to a grinning Dennis Lillee.
