Sri Lankan cricketers got here up with an iconic celebration on Saturday (March 9) to rejoice their series win over Bangladesh after profitable the third match of the three-match series.
The celebration was the identical that Angelo Mathews pulled off after he dismissed Shakib Al Hasan within the ODI World Cup 2023 whereas taking part in on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi in retaliation to Shakib’s determination to enchantment for time-out towards the previous Sri Lanka captain.
Notably, Mathews was the primary participant to be adjudged timed-out in worldwide cricket. The incident unfolded on November 6 and it is already been 4 months to it. However, plainly the scars it has left on the Sri Lankan players are nonetheless contemporary and aren’t therapeutic anytime quickly.
Arguably, the Sri Lankan players cannot be solely blamed for rewinding the clock. It was the Bangladesh left-arm speedster Shoriful Islam who imitated Mathews’ celebration for the primary time within the T20I series after eliminating Avishka Fernando.
Watch how the Sri Lankan players celebrated after the series win over Bangladesh:
Sri Lanka’s ODI skipper Kusal Mendis defended his staff’s methodology of celebration by saying “we celebrated because we are happy”.
“Someone was doing the timed-out celebrations. I don’t know why. We can celebrate our own things. I think we celebrated because we are happy,” Mendis was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
On the opposite hand, when Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was requested whether or not he want to deliver the rivalry down from his aspect, Shanto stated: “It just isn’t about aggressive dealing with or something like that. They confirmed the timed-out gesture, proper? They have not moved on from the timed-out incident.
“I think they should get out of it. They should stay in the present. We were within the rules (with the timed-out dismissal). They are in a frenzy about it. I am not too worried about it.”
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