India southpaw slams Bangladesh over controversial Angelo Mathews dismissal, terms it as 'pathetic'

SL vs BAN: The ongoing Cricket World Cup 2023 has been witness to many iconic moments so far. The marquee tournament that failed to attract eyeballs initially is now heading towards a gripping business end. The race to qualify for the semis is intensifying with every passing day and it certainly cements the fact that ODI cricket can be entertaining. India have been extremely dominant in the ongoing World Cup, but as far as their Asian neighbours such as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh go, they have been mediocre so far and find themselves in turmoil

3 things you need to know:

• Angelo Mathews became the first batter to be timed out in the history of international cricket
• Bangladesh have already been knocked out of the 2023 edition of ODI World Cup
• Sri Lanka haven't won the ODI World Cup after 1996

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For the past few years, the 'spirit of cricket' has been brought into a lot of limelight, mostly due to 'mankading' which has now been converted into an official dismissal. But the 'spirit of the game' debate is here to say and Bangladesh have just added more fuel to the raging fire. In the ongoing Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh CWC 2023 encounter, Sri Lanka star Angelo Mathews was sent back to the dressing room before even he could face a ball. Mathews failed to meet the stipulated time of 3 minutes for a new batter to arrive to the crease and hence was adjudged dismissed. This ploy by the Bangladesh skipper has been facing a lot of flak.

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CWC 2023: Here's what the MCC's rule states on being 'Timed Out'

40.1 Out Timed out

40.1.1 After the fall of a wicket or the retirement of a batter, the incoming batter must, unless Time has been called, be ready to receive the ball, or for the other batter to be ready to receive the next ball within 3 minutes of the dismissal or retirement. If this requirement is not met, the incoming batter will be out, Timed out.

40.1.2 In the event of an extended delay in which no batter comes to the wicket, the umpires shall adopt the procedure of Law 16.3 (Umpires awarding a match).  For the purposes of that Law the start of the action shall be taken as the expiry of the 3 minutes referred to above.

40.2 Bowler does not get credit

The bowler does not get credit for the wicket.