New Delhi. The 38th match of the World Cup 2023 is being played today between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited Sri Lanka to bat. Sri Lanka is currently going through its worst form. On the other hand, in a match recently, Team India had given out Sri Lanka very cheaply, due to which the mood of the Sri Lankan fans was off, but today in the match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, such an incident has come to light, which is currently going viral on social media. It has been in the news a lot in the media. Come, let us tell you about it in detail further.
Know the whole matter
Actually, Sri Lankan batsman Angelo Mathews has been declared time out. It is worth noting that this is the first time in the history of cricket that a player has been declared out. If we try to understand in simple words, usually any batsman is out while batting, but Angelo Mathews was declared out without batting and this was possible because of time out? Now you might be wondering what this time out is? Which divided Mathews.
Angelo Mathews got timed out!!!!!..?? pic.twitter.com/Jqfw9dXupK
— Shawstopper (@shawstopper_100) November 6, 2023
what is time out
According to the rules of the match, every player has 3 minutes to reach the crease. After a player is out, another player is given three minutes to reach the crease in his place. If a player does not reach the crease within three minutes, then according to the rules he can be declared out by the umpire. At the same time, what happened with Mathews was that he reached the crease on time, but due to some reason could not bring his favorite helmet, after which he signaled his teammate from the crease to bring him his helmet. At the same time, before his teammates could bring Mathews his favorite helmet, Bangladeshi captain Shakib Hasan recommended the on-field umpire to declare Mathews out citing the time out rule.
At the same time, at first glance the umpire thought that Shakib was joking, but later Shakib insisted that this rule really exists. After this, immediately the umpire declared Mathews out citing the time out rule, after which the Sri Lankan batsman was forced to make his way to the pavilion. Meanwhile, a video of Mathews has also surfaced, in which he is seen hitting the helmet of his bat in anger. It is clearly visible from his face that he is angry. The regret of not being able to bat is clearly visible on his face. On the other hand, a section on social media is also in favor of the player, but the issue here is not about emotions but about rules and the rules have declared Mathews out. At the same time, the reaction of former Indian cricket team player and current BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on this entire controversy has come out, in which he said, ‘What happened in Delhi today is extremely pathetic.
Absolutely pathetic what happened Delhi today! #AngeloMathews
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) November 6, 2023