Yesterday twitter went on fire when Bangladesh and Sri Lanka locked horns in a virtual semi-final of the ongoing Nidahas Trophy. A place in the tournament final was at stake to join India, who had already qualified.
And what a game it turned out to be. Srilanka started off disastrously, as Shakib Al Hasan the Bangladesh captain and Mustafizur Brahman wreck havoc and put Srilanka on 34-5. Srilanka losing their key batsmen Kushal Mendis early around whom their batting revolves and things started looking downwards as far fortunes for Srilanka are concerned.
Just then, Kushal Perera, the other exceptional Srilankan batting talent was joined by the exciting Thisara Perera and the duo put on a terrific recovery act of a partnership. The Bangladeshi bowlers can be blamed for their poor lines and lengths after a great start, but that doesn”t take the sheen off from the two batsmen”s efforts. Kushal Perera got 61 and Thisara got a quick 58 to ensure Srilanka recovered from 34-5 and ended up with 159. A respectable target for the occasion. Bangladesh were the favorites, though.
And it turned out that way, Tamim Iqbal and Mashrafe Mortaza got a partnership going and took to a stage where Mahmudullah and Shakib Al Hasan can go hammer and tonk and that”s exactly what happened.
Mahmudullah took it to the last over, but that”s when the moment that erupted everything and everyone happened. Mustafizur Rehman who was facing the first ball of the over received a bouncer from Isuru Udana and Fizz hit and missed it and there was a referral for the edge but in that time the leg umpire who signalled the one bouncer of the over wasn”t seen by the umpire at the bowler”s end and didn”t signal for it. Accordingly, the umpire didn”t tell the bowler about it.
Isuru then unaware that he can”t bowl another bouncer for the over, bowled exactly that the next ball and now, the square leg umpire called it a no ball. And the umpire at the bowler”s end was caught off guard as he hadn”t gauged the bouncer earlier on.
Srilanka was right in assuming that they have enough in the quota of bouncers for the over and Bangladesh was right in expressing their disagreement about it. It was the umpire”s mistake that triggered a fire of anger from the Bangladeshi team as the stakes were higher for the game. Shakib Al Hasan the Bangladesh captain, threatened to take his team back from the game in the final over and walk off.The umpire”s tried to control the proceedings but much had already happened.
Thankfully, Mahmudullah who kept his calm was able to convince Shakib to stay on and try & achieve the target. Which he did singlehandedly of the fifth ball of the over he flicked the 6 runs that were needed and finished the game.
While shaking the hands, a few of Bangladesh as well as Srilankan players were involved in an altercation and were quickly separated.
Twitter took no time in digging into it. And let their disappointment clear about some of the embarrassing behavior.
Not impressed by Shakib’s instincts as captain & leader. Wanting to call his players off the field because of umpiring decisions. Nearly denied Bangladesh one of their greatest wins.#NidahasOnDSport
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/beingnik07/status/974698903143555072
https://twitter.com/ImAbhishek7_/status/974733301175873536
Bangladesh cricketets have damaged/destroyed the R Premadasa stadium properties & glasses as per reports. @BCBtigers @OfficialSLC @Isam84 @ICC #SLvBAN
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) March 16, 2018
Funnily Khaled Mahmood the manager of Bangladesh team supposed to be the more mature statesman like member of the team was even more fired up than Shakib & more keen to get players off.🤔
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) March 16, 2018
Brilliant effort that from Mahmudullah , Bangladesh deserving winners . #NidahasTrophy
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) March 16, 2018
really ridiculous that bangladesh are trying to stop india and sri lanka from meeting for the 22nd time since 2017 #SLvBAN
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) March 16, 2018
Bangladesh celebration after winning league match of Nidhas Trophy. What will they do if they won the World cup (Not possible in near future). They are really behaving like Minnows. #BANvSL pic.twitter.com/jFEwcYklR4
— आनंद सगवालिया (@SagwaliyaAnand) March 10, 2018
Such disgrace. Bangladesh #BANvSL
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) March 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/nMeeDiN/status/974714033696776192
This is the state of the Bangladesh dressing-room at Premadasa. Local sources at the ground confirm damage but are not yet releasing the name of the player who did the damage. #nidahastrophy2018 @ICC will definitely be taking a closer look. pic.twitter.com/U3CKOpgPnR
— Anand Vasu (@anandvasu) March 16, 2018
National Sports of Bangladesh should be fighting for a NO ball.#SLvBAN
— SubbuS (@Subbu_06) March 16, 2018
Well done @BCBtigers .. I would like to send more glass panes so that you can smash it on each other's head! Dear @ICC .. on behalf of #KagisoRabada I'm asking what's the way ahead with these #Hooligans #BanvSL #SLvsBAN https://t.co/UOospSX7Ys
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) March 16, 2018
Shakib may end up as Bangladesh’s greatest cricketer, but in the maturity department he’s sorely lacking. #SLvBAN #NidahasTrophy
— Jamie Alter 😷 🇮🇳 (@alter_jamie) March 16, 2018
Meanwhile Bangladesh Celebrating Their Last Nagin Dance In Sri Lanka. 😝 #SLvBAN #INDvsBAN #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/R4ZW3GUYWs
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) March 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/digonal_gajju/status/974700020317405184
Bangladesh skipper Shakib & sub Nurul fined 25% of their match fees & received 1 demerit point for breaching ICC code of conduct. ICC must be joking. You should get more for stopping a match, protesting against umpire, abusing opposition players & breaking glasses. @ICC #SLvBAN
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) March 17, 2018
#ICC need to ban Bangladesh players for this type of behaviour with opposition team.. Shocking… They Won World Cup??? #Cricket
— Rajesh Khilare (@Cricrajeshpk) March 16, 2018
This is the first time Bangladesh have successfully chased down more than 10 runs in the final over of an International game. #SLvBAN #NidahasTrophy
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) March 16, 2018
Still reeling from the high voltage game tonight ! It wasn’t an India match, but had the makings of a blockbuster ! Onto the FINAL ! 🔥
— Archana Vijaya (@archanavijaya) March 16, 2018
Dear #ICC you banned #KagisoRabada the other day, what plans with the #Bangladesh side for such poor behavior. This is a terrible endorsement and advertisement of the gentleman's game! #SLvsBAN #BanvSL #MKV
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) March 16, 2018
