Reigning Guinness World Record holder Eric Dusingizimana, will head to the United Kingdom Wednesday evening where he is scheduled to attend a dinner aimed at raising funds for the construction of the cricket stadium, the first in the country.

The stadium construction works are being overseen by the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation, an NGO that is registered in Rwanda and the UK, and has patrons that include UK Prime Minister David Cameron.

"Dusingizimana will be leaving today to attend a dinner in London on 17, June where he’ll meet with renowned world cricketers and prominent funders for the Foundation to raise more funds for the construction of the stadium,” said Robert Mugabe, the General Manager, Rwanda Cricket Association.

He added:  "we believe that his attendance will further boost and show commitment to the development of cricket in Rwanda.”

Dusingizimana’s trip to London is sponsored by Bralirwa through their brand, Legend, of which he is currently the brand ambassador.

According to Mark Nkera, the brand manager for Legend at Bralirwa, their association with Dusingizimana goes hand in hand with the values of their brand and their commitment to contribute to the development of the game of cricket.

"He dared to be different which is what our brand stands for. And for challenging himself to greater heights, it gives pleasure to associate with him. Also, it gives us an opportunity to be part of the team raising awareness about the game of cricket as well as elevating it,” Nkera said.  

Dusingizimana batted for 51hours to beat the world record and has since received approval from Guinness World Records organisation for his feat.

The cricket stadium foundation has so far raised over 600,000 pound sterling (about Rwf650m),  on top of a 4.5ha of land contributed by the government of Rwanda.

The total cost of the project is estimated at 1.5million pounds, which is approximately Rwf`1.6 billion.