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[VIDEO] Mehdi Hasan Miraz's controversial run-out of Salman Ali Agha: Fair or not?

Mehdi Hasan Miraj's controversial run-out of Salman Ali Agha: Fair or not?

  • Yes, it falls within rules of cricket

    Votes: 18 40.0%

  • No, it is against the spirit of sportsmanship

    Votes: 27 60.0%
  • Total voters
    45
Not blaming Bangladesh in this particular instance or others where they followed the laws of the game, but I have noticed they get into a weird controversy or incident almost every series. Is it a coincidence?

PS: Agha’s reaction with that hand laanat gesture accompanied by choice words is so totally desi 🤣🤣
 
Absolutely brain freeze! This STUPIDITY has been going on for many years - what has cricket got to do with friendship/good spirit? Pakistanis never learn. Inzi created so many bloopers, and yet we still end up making him proud.

Is it too hard to understand that as a batter, one must ALWAYS be inside the crease while the game is alive, and do not mess with the ball unless you are facing a bowler? I personally would never hand the ball over to anyone in the field even if it is dead, and right by my feet inside the crease. Let the fielders do that work.

BTW, Indians hold the record of the most mankad - the less they do the crying about sportsmanship, the better it would sound at least LoL.
 
This is a competitive sport. Why are you getting out of your crease to pick up a ball for the opposition? The same cringy stuff we saw in the last World Cup where Pakistan was throwing cake parties for the opposition.

Since they can’t impress anyone with their performance, they want to impress us with these silly fake magnanimous acts.

Bengali bowler was absolutely right in running him out. Your job is to protect your wicket, not feed the opposition balls.
 
sithb said:
A more apt example would be inzamam getting run out when defending the ball outside of the crease.

Here the player is actively impeded. No player was impeding either misbah or inzy
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You are clearly making this claim based on the still picture and not the full video.

The bowler and batsman get entangled as bowler tries to go for the ball.

Then the bowler steps back many places, clearly allowing Agha as much space as he requires with no impediment at all.

But instead of trying to get back, Agha goes for the ball

The bowler see this and it's only then he goes for the ball himself

Nice try
 
Disgusting stuff from Mehdi, he acted as if this was some world cup final and even then its a disgrace to the gentlemen’s game.

That being said, this meetha pan of our players, acting like bunch of girls is abhorrent as well. Like stop being miss goody two shoes and have some game awareness for once?

Less said about rizwan clown the better, an absolute joker. Hugging and all that meetha pan drama. Lanat on him.
 
CricVet said:
Absolutely brain freeze! This STUPIDITY has been going on for many years - what has cricket got to do with friendship/good spirit? Pakistanis never learn. Inzi created so many bloopers, and yet we still end up making him proud.

Is it too hard to understand that as a batter, one must ALWAYS be inside the crease while the game is alive, and do not mess with the ball unless you are facing a bowler? I personally would never hand the ball over to anyone in the field even if it is dead, and right by my feet inside the crease. Let the fielders do that work.

BTW, Indians hold the record of the most mankad - the less they do the crying about sportsmanship, the better it would sound at least LoL.
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You’re contradicting yourself here - on one side you say a “batter must always remain inside the crease while the game is alive”, then in the same post you bring Mankad and sportsmanship not going together in the same sentence! Which one is it?
 
charlie007 said:
You’re contradicting yourself here - on one side you say a “batter must always remain inside the crease while the game is alive”, then in the same post you bring Mankad and sportsmanship not going together in the same sentence! Which one is it?
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Since so many of you criticizing BD players lacking spirit of the game, I am not.
 
The worst part about this dismissal which further added to the controversy was that it triggered our batting collapse in the end.
 
This is the basic cricket law.... ball is not dead untill non striker batsman returns to crease... instead of picking the ball, agha should have return to his crease.

Many Pakistani players doesn't know basic cricket rules... In past we have seen pak players doesn't know the rules. In 2002 MCG match, Virat was clean bowled on free hit ball, Virat ran 3 runs at that time also pak players were seen arguing with Umpires. They weren't aware of the rule

Its a high time for PCB to give cricket rules translated in Urdu
 
Savak said:
The worst part about this dismissal which further added to the controversy was that it triggered our batting collapse in the end.
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That will fly under the radar for now as Pakistan has struck back and controversay has taken over
 
globetrotter said:
This is the basic cricket law.... ball is not dead untill non striker batsman returns to crease... instead of picking the ball, agha should have return to his crease.

Many Pakistani players doesn't know basic cricket rules... In past we have seen pak players doesn't know the rules. In 2002 MCG match, Virat was clean bowled on free hit ball, Virat ran 3 runs at that time also pak players were seen arguing with Umpires. They weren't aware of the rule

Its a high time for PCB to give cricket rules translated in Urdu
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This i agree. There was one match inzamam said i didn't know the law lol Remember the runs kohli took after he got bowled off free hit at the MCG. Kohli was perfectly aware there were runs. But Pakistan players looked puzzled not knowing what the law was. In similar situation i doubt pakistan batsmen would have taken those runs.
 
chinaman00 said:
This is a competitive sport. Why are you getting out of your crease to pick up a ball for the opposition? The same cringy stuff we saw in the last World Cup where Pakistan was throwing cake parties for the opposition.

Since they can’t impress anyone with their performance, they want to impress us with these silly fake magnanimous acts.

Bengali bowler was absolutely right in running him out. Your job is to protect your wicket, not feed the opposition balls.
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This. Agha was giving lannat, but forgetting the fact he was out of his crease.

Hopefully, he gets another fine
 
CricVet said:
If the precedence is set by a particular team, in your case India, that no sportsman spirit exists during the game, it will be criminal not to do mankad. Enough time given to the bait.
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No baiting dude, I’m past that stage of my life - just wanted to establish that the game should be played within the laws and any spirit of the game should not conflict with the laws.
 
Speaking as an Indian, I didn’t see that incident as clever cricket. I saw it as poor sportsmanship.

Bangladesh often seem to reserve this kind of attitude for teams they believe are vulnerable. That’s why this feels less like confidence and more like opportunism. Pakistan also have to take some responsibility here. Their recent performances have hurt the respect they once commanded, and moments like this are a consequence of that decline.

I genuinely feel bad for Salman Ali Agha, because he comes across as one of the most likeable and grounded people in Pakistan cricket. He has always seemed mature in the way he speaks, carries himself, and represents his team. Seeing a player like him end up on the wrong side of something like this is disappointing.

What stands out to me is the contrast with India’s approach. India usually trust their strengths, their planning, and their quality on the field. They do not need to depend on controversial or cheap moments to make an impact. Whether the opposition is Pakistan, Australia, or England, India’s mindset is generally built around strong cricket, not desperate tactics.

That is why Bangladesh’s actions don’t deserve praise from my point of view. And Pakistan, unfortunately, have reached a stage where teams no longer treat them with the same caution or regard. That is the bigger embarrassment here.
 
charlie007 said:
No baiting dude, I’m past that stage of my life - just wanted to establish that the game should be played within the laws and any spirit of the game should not conflict with the laws.
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IF you are mature, then you should know that there is a thing called sportsmanship which has been suffocated by greed - greed of wealth and fame.
 
Banda298 said:
U control nothing btw... Not even ur own lives . Most of ur fellow brethren are fleeing abroad , many gettting visa rejected.

Only Army controls everything where u type from so get over the delulu u control anything in or out where u live
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Ok, so you live in Pakistan then..
 
Banda298 said:
U need to be a proper man to do that. It's not even aggression. It's actually called saving ur ass which this stockholmed captain or ex cap doesn't know.

See his body language in the video.. almost as if he's sleeping or thinking it's a dead ball now ... Followed by misplaced aggresion later.

Had he shown 1/5,th of that so called meat eating aggression initially he'd be safe.

And then there was a legend called Dhoni who smashed mustafizur into the ground when he tried to do the same with him despite verbal and physical hand pointing warning by Rohit sharma.

Meat eating ≠ On field mental clarity and aggression
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It's more mental mate, either in your mind you are oppressed and suppressed or dominant and a champ, nothing to do with meat non meat eating psuedo science....
 
charlie007 said:
No baiting dude, I’m past that stage of my life - just wanted to establish that the game should be played within the laws and any spirit of the game should not conflict with the laws.
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The first and major responsibility of this has to be with Agha. That much is clear.

But the actions of the Bangladeshi cricketer in obstructing them and then the fall out that happens. That's not on imo.

This is in no way related to mankad or the other inzy/misbah runouts
 
Honestly there is a lot of difference between Mankad and this.. the batsman wasn’t stealing a run
 
RainStopsPlay said:
What stands out to me is the contrast with India’s approach. India usually trust their strengths, their planning, and their quality on the field. They do not need to depend on controversial or cheap moments to make an impact. Whether the opposition is Pakistan, Australia, or England, India’s mindset is generally built around strong cricket, not desperate tactics.
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On the contrary, India often follows the laws - several mankads, handling the ball, obstructing the field dismissals in our collective kitty. And I find nothing wrong with that. Everyone must understand the laws and be within those. There are other ways to uphold the spirit, just don’t let them conflict with the laws.
 
The tri series between Bangla srilanka Pakistan will have so much viewership. Make it happen
 
I think Pakistanis need to get out of this bubble in which they feel some kind of self entitlement of being treated in the same cringe way they treat others.

In the Asia cup final too Surya appealed for an obstruction by Agha and he was looking at him as if he felt betrayed by it.

I believe there was a point when Kohli handled the ball or was about to handle the ball whilst batting during the CT against them. Pakistan didn’t do anything about it, it was Indian commentators pointing it out.

There was also an incident when Rizwan allowed SA to change their team right after the toss because Maharaj hurt his finger doing catching drills at the time.




We don’t need to be nice. Let’s just be pr***s. No one is obliged to return the favour to us.
 
Rana said:
I think Pakistanis need to get out of this bubble in which they feel some kind of self entitlement of being treated in the same cringe way they treat others.

In the Asia cup final too Surya appealed for an obstruction by Agha and he was looking at him as if he felt betrayed by it.

I believe there was a point when Kohli handled the ball or was about to handle the ball whilst batting during the CT against them. Pakistan didn’t do anything about it, it was Indian commentators pointing it out.

There was also an incident when Rizwan allowed SA to change their team right after the toss because Maharaj hurt his finger doing catching drills at the time.




We don’t need to be nice. Let’s just be pr***s. No one is obliged to return the favour to us.
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What’s next push down the batsman when umpire is not watching and injure him?
 
Falls within the rules but I’m personally appalled because Agha didnt know how crafty Miraz is by grabbing the ball before him to run him out. Agha was too casual when he was outside the crease after the ball was bowled and didnt get back in the crease and dabbed the bat in.
 
sithb said:
The first and major responsibility of this has to be with Agha. That much is clear.

But the actions of the Bangladeshi cricketer in obstructing them and then the fall out that happens. That's not on imo.

This is in no way related to mankad or the other inzy/misbah runouts
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That’s the whole point - he wasn’t obstructing. He was in the line of the ball and it was Agha who stopped it and gave it to him while being outside the crease. Did you even see Agha trying to get back into his crease at any time? Like even trying? NO. He just assumed it was ok to be outside the crease while the ball was in play.
 
Would Mehdi ever dare do this to Kohli or any Indian player?

Shakib has normally shown badtameezi to players from Sri Lanka, Pakistan but has he ever shown this attitude to the Indian team? I remember Kohli was showing his usual dadagiri to the umpires over a no ball call and Shakib went up to him like a kitten begging him to take it easy
 
Savak said:
Would Mehdi ever dare do this to Kohli or any Indian player?

Shakib has normally shown badtameezi to players from Sri Lanka, Pakistan but has he ever shown this attitude to the Indian team? I remember Kohli was showing his usual dadagiri to the umpires over a no ball call and Shakib went up to him like a kitten begging him to take it easy
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Oh yaar tu apni Chawla maar la!

It’s not that deep!
 
These are indisputable facts:

- That Agha was out of his crease

- That the ball was in play at the time he was out of his crease

- That he tried to handle the ball when it was in play

When all of that has happened, where does the spirit of cricket come in?

Also, I’m not sure why people are comparing this to a Mankading, which is something else entirely?

It’s a run out pure and simple and the only lesson is that Agha should have been more match aware.
 
Savak said:
Would Mehdi ever dare do this to Kohli or any Indian player?

Shakib has normally shown badtameezi to players from Sri Lanka, Pakistan but has he ever shown this attitude to the Indian team? I remember Kohli was showing his usual dadagiri to the umpires over a no ball call and Shakib went up to him like a kitten begging him to take it easy
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Mushi did celebrate like a dimwit.. not to forget Kohli Vs Rubel in 2011
 
Sad if the game is rained off. I was hoping that we would get Mehdi to bat and for the Pakistani players to have a real go at him
 
Serious question for you guys - you think this would have happened in an India Pakistan game?

Players like Ashwin aside, I think no.

Not because of sportsmanship, but likely because no one wants the insane level of gaali galauj if it happened.

But again, what do I know.
 
JaDed said:
Mushi did celebrate like a dimwit.. not to forget Kohli Vs Rubel in 2011
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Kohli in 2011 wasn't the badmash that he became later on. A lot of players had a go at Kohli early on in his career and later on they became soft against him because of many reasons i.e. his own greatness as a player, the desperation of foreign players to be on Kohlis, India's good books in order to maximize their chance of getting IPL contracts.
 
Savak said:
Kohli in 2011 wasn't the badmash that he became later on. A lot of players had a go at Kohli early on in his career and later on they became soft against him because of many reasons i.e. his own greatness as a player, the desperation of foreign players to be on Kohlis, India's good books in order to maximize their chance of getting IPL contracts.
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I have heard this consistently but it’s not true and was obvious that Aussies kept getting contract ls inspite of being brutal to Kohli, if anything Kohli gained their respect and this is at Kohli’s peak..
 
This just shows insecurity of Mehidy Hassan, the lad is so desperate for the captaincy honor. In hindsight Agha will regret his lamenting and would love and cherish this moment.
 
It's a professional game

People are getting paid to play and win

I would have not done what Mehdi did

But then I would have also not done what Agha did


This is Cricket. The objective is to win.

The objective is not to show kindness and pick up ball for the fielding side when you are batting

In order to hide their extremely poor performances, Pakistani players pretend to be extraordinarily kind and gentlemen like on the field

Their soft conduct on the field is no offset for their mediocre performances...
 
Sportsman spirit is the most abused word. Where is basic awareness and cricket logic?

I like Agha but what he did is called a “brainfart”.
 
Hawkeye said:
I'm a bit unsure who to side with. On one hand this is Agha's fault and it's obviously out.

However, BD has a history of such pathetic non-sportsmanship antics on field, so I have no mercy for them either.

Usually minnows do this.
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Probably the summary that represents a lot of people’s opinions, honestly.
 
tiger_khan said:
It's a professional game

People are getting paid to play and win

I would have not done what Mehdi did

But then I would have also not done what Agha did


This is Cricket. The objective is to win.

The objective is not to show kindness and pick up ball for the fielding side when you are batting

In order to hide their extremely poor performances, Pakistani players pretend to be extraordinarily kind and gentlemen like on the field

Their soft conduct on the field is no offset for their mediocre performances...
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Yes, Agha shouldn't have lost it too
 
Mehdi was well within his right to run him out.
Agha had ample time to get back in the crease.

First get to your crease and then try to be gracious when the ball is dead. The ball was in play and when he got out of the crease he didn't try to go back..instead tried picking up the ball.
Mehdi was street smart and the only player in Bangladesh that I respect now
 
Anyone who has a sibling will know that the toughest competition in sport,you can face is from a brother. Both sides often pull any trick in the book to try and get an edge, or do something to rile you up. We have all been their, a sneaky bouncer, sneaky tampering in tape ball etc. But at the end of the day you sit at the dinner table as friend and have each others back.

Thats all this is here too. No issues at all as it happened from a dear Bangladeshi brother.
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Anyone who has a sibling will know that the toughest competition in sport,you can face is from a brother. Both sides often pull any trick in the book to try and get an edge, or do something to rile you up. We have all been their, a sneaky bouncer, sneaky tampering in tape ball etc. But at the end of the day you sit at the dinner table as friend and have each others back.

Thats all this is here too. No issues at all as it happened from a dear Bangladeshi brother.
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But then does the same brother when playing outside tries to lay the same trick and gets a chittar for being over smart? Thats where the elder brother needs to step and give a crisp chaped (slap) to stop it from occuring again. Better getting a chaped within the family than from outsiders.
 
nish_mate said:
But then does the same brother when playing outside tries to lay the same trick and gets a chittar for being over smart? Thats where the elder brother needs to step and give a crisp chaped (slap) to stop it from occuring again. Better getting a chaped within the family than from outsiders.
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Chittar happens behind closed doors. Not infront of neighbours.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Not sure how many even watch this match. But this controversy probably increased the viewership by 100 people?
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Bangladesh are champions at doing that. Who would have cared about that meaningless Nidahas trilateral if not for their antics against SL and Ind?
 
Romali_rotti said:
To be fair this was pretty pathetic from the Bangladeshi kitty cats, Salman was trying to put his bat back in the crease but the nangin :cobra got right in front of him obstructing his path. Poor showing by kitty kats this....
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Not true. Salman had all the time and the room he needed to get back. But his priority was to hand the ball to the bowler.
 
Agha really is thick headed, isn't he?

How can you bend over to try and pick up the ball while being out of your crease???

The bowler did what he's supposed to do - run the batsman out when he's out of his crease
 
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