Toast of Narail
Minutes seemed like hours as the various franchises raised the stakes on Mashrafe Mortaza, who was eventually purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders for an unexpected US$ 600,000
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Minutes seemed like hours as the various franchises raised the stakes on Mashrafe Mortaza, who was eventually purchased by Kolkata Knight Riders for an unexpected US$ 600,000. What was the reaction back home? Tears of joy. Read on in the Daily Star.
The paceman was showered with greetings once the news broke and his parents even broke into tears of joy at their beloved son's amazing success: "My father was just crying while talking over phone from my home district (Narail)"
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo