In the second ODI against Bangladesh, Salman Ali Agha was dismissed by the visiting team’s spinner Mehdi Hasan, but it is said to be unsportsmanlike in cricket circles.
There have been many instances in cricket in the past where the team had every opportunity and excuse to dismiss the opposition batsmen but they put the spirit of the game first.
In the 1987 World Cup against West Indies, Pakistan needed 14 runs in the last over to win, Saleem Jaffer was out for a run, but Courtney Walsh kept him out and returned to the match with a caution.
Pakistan won the last wicket, West Indies bowler Courtney Walsh and his team were defeated but the game ethic was not affected.
In another such incident, Irish batsman Andy McBrien fell at mid-wicket while trying to score, but keeper Asif Shaikh did not dismiss McBrien.
In the match between India and Sri Lanka, the Indian cricketer Muhammad Shami lost the batsman of Sri Lanka.
In the match against England, when the English batsman left the crease before Chris Gayle bowled, Chris Gayle stopped and warned the batsman to leave the ball by hitting the wicket and return to run.
