Karma hit back to Mathews

Hello everyone it's me @intishar . Maybe it's the first time I am writing a sports post. I try to watch cricket matches whenever I get time. At the current time, Cricket World Cup 2023 is ongoing, and almost at the end point the point table getting interesting and who will remain in Super 4 and it's still not clear. For the number 4 position Afghanistan, Pakistan, and New Zealand 3 team has a high possibility to take the place but it's almost impossible to say it clearly now who will take the position. We need to wait for it.

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In fact, there is an ongoing fight to stay in Super 8 because of the qualifying champions trophy. So the match between lowe ranking teams also getting interesting. Today the match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was one the most thrilling ones and the fight was superb and the fight happened in the game and mind games.

In the beginning, Srilanka started their match well and they were going forward in calculative ways although with time they were losing wickets but they were maintaining their run rate pretty well and the run rate never dropped below 5 and I think they were going very well. But Angelo Mathews timed out and it was for the first time someone timed out in an international match. The out became a controversial topic and some experts started to discuss the topic. Technically it was out and it's also ok according to the rules. But many people started to make controversy. From one perspective it's not right and from another perspective it's right.

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Angelo Mathews requested two times to the Bangladeshi captain to withdraw the appeal but Shakib Al Hasan didn't accept the request considering the team situation. I don't support it either but the childish act from a serious player surprised me a lot. How he can make such kind of mistake?

Based on the century of Charith Asalanka and some other little contributions Sri Lanka gave 280 target and considering the past batting display it was very difficult for the Bangladesh team.

As well as I know cricket is a game of gentlemen and unfortunately, Sri Lankan players almost forget about it and they continuously start to use their mouths more than focusing on balling and fielding. Their action was very aggressive in my eyes and I never expected it in any cricket match. Actually, they were unable to accept the out of Angelo Mathews and it was their reaction and they never left any scope for the fight. Sometimes I felt they were going to fight with the umpire and would beat them. Some Bangladeshi players started to join the flow and a different mind game was ongoing there. Srilankan tried their best to destroy the momentum but sensible batting from caption Shakib and Shanto answered of all bad behavior of Sri Lankan through their bat and they almost ensured the victory of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh's win is confirmed but a clash is occurring in social media now. Disappointingly the press conference of Angelo Mathews was a ridiculous one in my eyes and I think he was talking like a child. I was feeling bad to see the out of Angelo Mathews but after seeing the behavior of Sri Lankan players I felt like Shakib has done the right thing and rules should be followed by everyone.

In 2014 One Sri Lankan player did Mankad out and captain Angelo Mathews said it was according to rules and there is nothing wrong. I think Angelo Mathews forgot what he said in the past and not ready to accept almost similar thing happened to him. I think it's karma.