Pakistan's Agha Reprimanded After Controversial Run-out

Agha was furious aft Pakistan team-mate Mohammad Rizwan deed nan shot backmost towards him astatine nan non-striker's extremity disconnected Mehidy's bowling and nan brace tangled.

Out of his ground, Agha attempted to prime nan shot up to springiness it to Mehidy, only for nan Bangladesh skipper to get it first and deed nan stumps.

On-field umpire Tanvir Ahmed referred nan determination to 3rd umpire Kumar Dharmasena, who gave Agha out.

The Pakistan batsman, who had scored a good 64 disconnected 62 balls, gestured angrily arsenic he near nan field.

"I deliberation sportsman tone has to beryllium there," said Agha, echoing akin sentiments to those expressed erstwhile England's Jonny Bairstow was tally retired by Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey successful nan 2nd Ashes Test astatine Lord's successful 2023.

"What he [Mehidy] has done is successful nan law. I deliberation if he thinks it's right, it's right, but if you inquire maine my perspective, I would person done differently.

"I would person gone for sportsman spirit. We haven't done this [type of thing] previously. We would ne'er do that successful nan early arsenic well."

He was recovered to person breached Article 2.2 of nan ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "abuse of cricket instrumentality aliases clothing, crushed instrumentality aliases fixtures and fittings during an world match".

Agha and Rizwan had put connected 109 for nan 4th wicket aft coming together pinch Pakistan wobbling astatine 122-3 aft losing 3 speedy wickets.

Rizwan was dismissed for 44 2 balls later arsenic Pakistan made 274, earlier bowling Bangladesh retired for 114 to triumph by 128 runs connected nan Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method and level nan best-of-three bid astatine 1-1.