leonblack08
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Shameful, I hope the Bangladesh Team apologizes to Sri Lanka for this behavior. They owe them and the cricketing world an apology.
I will copy and paste my response from the other thread. I won't bother responding to the delusional Indians who are masters of Mankading ( in fact it is named after one of theirs), and yet trying to take the spirit of the game high ground. The Hindutva turd has overcome their cognitive abilities. This thread is not intended to discuss about sports.
This wasn't a dead rubber. Champions Trophy spot is on the line. Most importantly, Bangladesh needed to win because of the nightmarish world cup they are having.
I agree the optics does not look good, but BD was already 2 overs behind at that point. Sri Lanka would have enjoyed the benefit of 1 less outfielder at the death as a result of it. Would they have not taken the advantage then? Would they have not taken those extra runs? Bangladesh has already been penalized once already for slow over rate against England and had to keep one less outfielder outside 30 yards towards the end of the innings, in addition to getting 5% match fee docked.
Besides, Sri Lankans shouldn't be acting all spirit of the cricket BS when they Mankaded Joss Butler in 2014. Who was the captain then? Angelo Matthews.
Angelo is a veteran. He should have known better. At least Ramiz Raza, Harsha Bhogle and Michael Vaughn thinks that way. Instead of asking for permission from umpires or even talking to opposing captain he headed towards the pavilion to get another helmet. He was late coming to the pitch as well. Umpires have their own timer and according to their timer he was late. Doesn't matter the screenshots he is sharing. There is a rule, they should take it up with ICC.
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