Sri Lankan gamers imitate Angelo Mathews’ iconic ‘timed-out’ celebration after sequence win over Bangladesh

Sri Lankan cricketers got here up with an iconic celebration on Saturday (March 9) to rejoice their sequence win over Bangladesh after profitable the third match of the three-match sequence.

The celebration was the identical that Angelo Mathews pulled off after he dismissed Shakib Al Hasan within the ODI World Cup 2023 whereas enjoying on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi in retaliation to Shakib’s resolution to enchantment for time-out in opposition to the previous Sri Lanka captain.

Notably, Mathews was the primary participant to be adjudged timed-out in worldwide cricket. The incident unfolded on November 6 and it is already been 4 months to it. Nevertheless, evidently the scars it has left on the Sri Lankan gamers are nonetheless recent and are not therapeutic anytime quickly.

Arguably, the Sri Lankan gamers cannot be solely blamed for rewinding the clock. It was the Bangladesh left-arm speedster Shoriful Islam who imitated Mathews’ celebration for the primary time within the T20I sequence after eliminating Avishka Fernando.

Watch how the Sri Lankan gamers celebrated after the sequence win over Bangladesh:

Sri Lanka’s ODI skipper Kusal Mendis defended his crew’s technique of celebration by saying “we celebrated as a result of we’re comfortable”.

“Somebody was doing the timed-out celebrations. I do not know why. We are able to have a good time our personal issues. I believe we celebrated as a result of we’re comfortable,” Mendis was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

Then again, when Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was requested whether or not he wish to convey the rivalry down from his aspect, Shanto stated: “It isn’t about aggressive dealing with or something like that. They confirmed the timed-out gesture, proper? They have not moved on from the timed-out incident.

“I believe they need to get out of it. They need to keep within the current. We have been inside the guidelines (with the timed-out dismissal). They’re in a frenzy about it. I’m not too apprehensive about it.”