Angelo Mathews turned a part of cricket historical past on Monday as the previous Sri Lanka captain turned the primary batter in worldwide cricket to be ‘timed out’. The incident occurred in Delhi throughout Sri Lanka’s match in opposition to Bangladesh. After Sadeera Samarawickrama had simply misplaced his wicket, Mathews took his time striding out to the crease and arrived to take strike after the stipulated two-minute mark. Time additional handed as he suffered a difficulty along with his helmet strap. Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan appealed for the day trip and the umpires obliged. Gambhir took to X, previously Twitter to precise his views on the whole incident.

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

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly escaped being timed-out when he needed to rush onto the pitch after the autumn of a wicket throughout a Test match in opposition to South Africa in 2007. India had misplaced a wicket and with subsequent batsman Sachin Tendulkar not allowed to take the sphere owing the time he had spent off the pitch, and VVS Laxman having a shower, the onus to return out fell on Ganguly, who was nonetheless in his tracksuit.

The timed-out rule in Tests was three minutes however Proteas skipper Graeme Smith didn’t attraction and waited patiently for Ganguly to stride out regardless of exceeding the time restrict.

On January 5, 2007, Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly almost made historical past by being the primary participant to be declared ‘timed out’ in worldwide cricket. He took six minutes to achieve the batting crease. However, Graeme Smith, the opposing group’s captain, selected to not implement this… pic.twitter.com/JMhhs5Yaa5

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Charith Asalanka’s century went in useless as Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by three wickets in an inconsequential match of the World Cup in Delhi on Monday. Sent in to bat, middle-order batter Asalanka scored a 105-ball 108, whereas opener Pathum Nissanka and Sadeera Samarawickrama made equivalent scores of 41 runs every to assist Sri Lanka put up 279 all out in 49.3 overs in a contest between groups that are out of semifinal competition.

Bangladesh scored the required runs in 41.1 overs for the lack of seven wickets.

The Sri Lankan innings was marred by an incident the place Angelo Mathews turned the primary worldwide cricketer to be ‘timed out’ after not being able to face the ball inside two minutes of the autumn of a wicket.

The 36-year-old walked out to bat after the dismissal of Samarawickrama however had some points along with his helmet strap and signalled for a substitute, prompting Bangladesh to attraction for a ‘day trip’.

Mathews was seen having a animated dialogue with the umpires however the Sri Lankan was requested to go away the sphere.

Later, Najmul Hossain Shanto (90) and skipper Shakib Al Hasan (82) shared 161 runs for the third wicket to put the muse for the win, reaching 282 for 7 in 41.1 overs.

Dilshan Madushanka (3/69) was the choose of the bowlers for Sri Lanka, whereas Angelo Mathews (2/35) returned with two wickets, together with the scalp of Shakib.

With PTI inputs