Angelo Mathews claims the choice which noticed him timed out on Monday was "absolutely disgraceful". The Sri Lanka all-rounder has hit out at Bangladesh and their captain Shakib Al Hasan after a Cricket World Cup first.

Mathews grew to become the primary batter in worldwide cricket historical past to be timed out throughout Sri Lanka's match in opposition to Bangladesh in Delhi. He was adjudged to not be prepared inside two minutes of Sadeera Samarawickrama being dismissed.

Mathews acquired to the crease however realised there was an issue with a strap on his helmet. He referred to as for a alternative to be introduced out however Bangladesh weren't comfortable and appealed to the umpires.

The officers on the sphere gave Shakib the chance to withdraw his attraction however he refused to take action. A livid Mathews needed to stroll off the pitch with out dealing with a ball.

To make issues worse, Sri Lanka have been comfortably overwhelmed with nearly 9 overs of the Bangladesh innings nonetheless remaining. And Mathews' anger carried over into the post-match press convention.

He claimed widespread sense was not utilized by the Bangladesh gamers or the umpires and says it was a "disgrace" that Shakib upheld his attraction. Mathews stated: "I had two minutes to get to the crease and get myself ready, which I did. And then it was an equipment malfunction.

"And I do not know the place the widespread sense went as a result of clearly it is disgraceful from Shakib and Bangladesh in the event that they need to play cricket like that, clearly stoop right down to that stage. I believe there's one thing unsuitable drastically.

"If I got past my two minutes to get to the crease, and the law says you have to be ready within the two minutes and I was there two minutes 45 or 50 seconds [then it would have been fair]. But I still had, after my helmet broke off, I still had five more seconds to go.

"And the umpires have additionally stated to our coaches that they did not see my helmet breaking. I used to be simply asking for my helmet. So it was simply pure widespread sense.

"I'm not talking about Mankading or obstructing the field here, this is just pure common sense and bringing the game into disrepute. It's absolutely disgraceful."

Shakib backed his decision to not withdraw the attraction in an interview after the match. But Mathews says there was a scarcity of respect for the game from the Bangladesh gamers.

He added: "You need to respect people who respect us. They have to respect the game itself.

"We all are ambassadors of this lovely recreation, together with the umpires. So when you do not respect and do not use your widespread sense, what extra are you able to ask for?"