Timed Out Controversy: Angelo Mathews Blasts Shakib Al Hasan's "Disgraceful" Act In Press Conference

07.11.2023 - 04:11 sports.ndtv.com

Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews on Monday called Bangladesh's decision to dismiss him via 'time out' as "disgraceful" and said it had left him in "complete shock".

Mathews became the first batter to be timed out in international cricket as Bangladesh officially knocked Sri Lanka out of the World Cup with a three-wicket win in a dramatic match which was held amid severe air pollution here on Monday. "I haven't done anything wrong.

I had two minutes to get ready which I did but there was an equipment malfunction and I don't know where commonsense (had) gone.

It was disgraceful from Shakib and Bangladesh," Mathews said during the post-match press conference. "If they want to play cricket like that, stoop to that level, it is something wrong drastically.

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