‘Stones will be thrown at Shakib Al Hasan’, Mathews’ brother gave such threat on time out dispute
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Three days have passed since the Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh World Cup match ended, but the time out controversy that took place in that match has not stopped yet. Sri Lankan players are very angry about that matter. The resentment against Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan is showing no signs of diminishing. Now the brother of Sri Lankan player Angelo Mathews has also entered the time out controversy. He has threatened Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan.
Angelo’s brother Travis, reacting to the time out controversy, said that the Bangladesh all-rounder will not be welcomed in Sri Lanka. Travis threatened that if Shakib comes to play in Sri Lanka, stones will be thrown at him.
Actually, in the World Cup 2023, a high voltage match was played between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on 6 November. In which Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 3 wickets and was thrown out of the World Cup. During the match, a war-like atmosphere was created between the two teams. Many times the conflict between the players increased so much that the umpire had to intervene. The controversy started when Angelo Mathews was given time out.
After the dismissal of Sadira Samaravikram, as soon as Mathews reached the crease and started putting on the helmet, its strap broke. He indicated to bring another helmet from the dressing room but it took a lot of time. Meanwhile, Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan appealed for time out against Mathews and umpire Marais Erasmus declared him out. Mathews spoke to the umpire and Shakib and even showed the broken strap of his helmet but the Bangladesh captain refused to withdraw the appeal and the Sri Lankan batsman had to return. Mathews looked very angry with this and showed everyone the broken strap of his helmet on the boundary and then in anger hit it hard on the ground.
Mathews’ anger has not calmed down yet
Mathews looked very angry during the match. However, he has still not calmed down and is continuously posting posts on social media. In the press conference after the match, he said, before today I used to respect Shakib and Bangladesh a lot but now it is not so. I wasn’t wasting any time. Everyone could see that I was at the crease but the strap of my helmet broke. This is a simple case of equipment failure. The actions of Shakib and Bangladesh are extremely shameful. If they want to play cricket like this then it is very shameful. I don’t think any other team would have done this. I also asked him to withdraw the appeal but he refused.
Shakib’s actions are being condemned all around.
Even though Bangladesh team won the match against Sri Lanka, the actions of captain Shakib Al Hasan are being condemned all around. Former cricketers described his actions as against the spirit of the game. On the other hand, even after the controversy escalated, Shakib is not accepting his mistake and has blamed ICC rules for the time out. He has no regrets about it and if it is against the spirit of the game then the International Cricket Council (ICC) should look into it and change the rules.
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