Not Angelo Mathews, Sourav Ganguly Would've Been 1st Timed Out Dismissal, But Then South Africa Great Did This... - Watch

Angelo Mathews became part of cricket history on Monday as the former Sri Lanka captain became the first batter in international cricket to be 'timed out'. The incident happened in Delhi during Sri Lanka's match against Bangladesh. After Sadeera Samarawickrama had just lost his wicket, Mathews took his time striding out to the crease and arrived to take strike after the stipulated two-minute mark. Time further passed as he suffered an issue with his helmet strap. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan appealed for the time out and the umpires obliged. Gambhir took to X, formerly Twitter to express his views on the entire incident.

However, it was former India captain Sourav Ganguly who could have been timed out back in 2007.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly escaped being timed-out when he had to rush onto the pitch after the fall of a wicket during a Test match against South Africa in 2007. India had lost a wicket and with next batsman Sachin Tendulkar not allowed to take the field owing the time he had spent off the pitch, and VVS Laxman taking a shower, the onus to come out fell on Ganguly, who was still in his tracksuit.

The timed-out rule in Tests was three minutes but Proteas skipper Graeme Smith did not appeal and waited patiently for Ganguly to stride out despite exceeding the time limit.

On January 5, 2007, Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly nearly made history by being the first player to be declared 'timed out' in international cricket. He took six minutes to reach the batting crease. However, Graeme Smith, the opposing team's captain, chose not to enforce this... pic.twitter.com/JMhhs5Yaa5

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