DHAKA, March 27: Over 2 million Bangladeshis have signed a 70-foot-long cricket bat wishing their team good luck in the World Cup, an official said on Tuesday.

A private firm sent the bat on a country-wide signature tour from March 14, a day after the World Cup began in the Caribbean.

Bangladesh defeated India and Bermuda to finish second in Group B behind Sri Lanka, qualifying for the Super Eights for the first time.

“We hope more people would be interested to sign the bat after Bangladesh qualified for the Super Eights,” said Shafiqul Islam, a brand manager of Akiz Group, the makers of the bat.

The bat was dismantled into seven parts and sent around the country being put back together on March 23, he added.

“It is the biggest bat in the world and we hope it will have a place in the Guinness Book of World Records”.—Reuters