Would've gone for sportsman spirit: Salman Agha on controversial run-out vs BAN
India Today
Pakistan batter Salman Ali Agha said that he would have chosen sportsmanship after his controversial run-out during the second ODI against Bangladesh on March 12. Agha was dismissed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz and it led to an on-field spat between the batter and the Bangladesh players.
Pakistan's Salman Ali Agha said that he would have done things differently and gone for sportsman spirit after his controversial run-out during the second ODI against Bangladesh on Friday, March 13. The dismissal triggered debate around the Spirit of Cricket. The incident unfolded in the 39th over as Pakistan were building a steady partnership between Agha and Mohammad Rizwan after Bangladesh chose to bowl first. Rizwan nudged the fourth delivery to the bowler’s right, where Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz moved across in his follow-through and stopped the ball with his boot, colliding with Agha at the non-striker’s end.
With the ball stopping near them and Agha briefly outside his crease, the batter appeared to bend down to pick it up and hand it back. Miraz reacted quickly, collecting the ball and underarming it onto the stumps at the non-striker’s end while Agha was still short of his ground.
Miraz appealed immediately, prompting on-field umpire Tanvir Ahmed to refer the decision upstairs. The TV umpire ruled Agha out after confirming the ball remained in play, and the batter had not grounded his bat behind the crease.
Agha, who scored 64 off 62 balls, looked unhappy with the decision and exchanged words with Miraz. The situation briefly heated up as Litton Das joined the discussion before Rizwan stepped in to calm things down.
"I think sportsman spirit has to be there," Agha said at the press conference. "What he [Mehidy] has done is in the law. I think if he thinks it's right, it's right, but if you ask me my perspective, I would have done differently. I would have gone for sportsman spirit. We haven't done this [type of thing] previously, we would never do that in the future as well."
Agha said that he went to pick the ball thinking that it would have been called dead after it hit his pad and bat.
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