Arguably probably the most heated, but underrated rivalry in trendy cricket, between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, reached a brand new stage on Monday night on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi when veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews was ‘Timed Out’ earlier than the beginning of his knock, making him the primary ever participant in worldwide cricket historical past to be dismissed in that method. The dismissal created fairly a stir with Mathews later refusing to shake arms and labelling Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan as “disgraceful” whereas the Sri Lanka cricketer discovered help from quite a lot of former India cricketers. Mohammad Kaif was amongst them who blasted Shakib, reminding him of a Rohit Sharma act from an ODI recreation earlier this yr.
Earlier this yr, in an ODI recreation between India and Sri Lanka, quick bowler Mohammed Shami caught opposition skipper Dasun Shanaka, who was on the non-striker finish, in need of the crease throughout his supply stride. Shami, following the legal guidelines of cricket, inflicted a run out and appealed, however Rohit instantly took away the attraction.
Kaif was completely impressed with that act again then as he had shared footage from that incident whereas captioning it: “Rohit’s withdrawal of attraction offers an concept about his management. He believes in successful, however not ‘successful in any respect price’. Nothing proper or improper right here, it is what your coronary heart says.”
Re-sharing the previous put up on X, Kaif wrote: “Shakib ought to be taught from Rohit Sharma.”
On Monday, Mathews had walked out to bat after Sri Lanka misplaced the wicket of Sadeera Samarawickrama. However as he appeared to gear as much as face his first supply, the chin-strap on his helmet broke whereas he was adjusting it. He straightaway signalled the dugout for a brand new helmet, however Shakib, who was the bowler for that over, instantly appealed for ‘Timed Out’.
In response to the fourth umpire Adrian Holdstock, the Sri Lanka batter was over the two-minute mark, the utmost time allotted to every participant to get able to face the primary ball as per the ICC Taking part in Circumstances, nonetheless the previous Sri Lanka captain later claimed within the post-match convention that he had time to earlier than the strap got here off.