{"id":141334,"date":"2026-03-14T00:27:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=141334"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:27:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T05:57:03","slug":"ban-vs-pak-2nd-odi-salman-ali-agha-calls-for-sportsman-spirit-after-controversial-run-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=141334","title":{"rendered":"BAN vs PAK, 2nd ODI: Salman Ali Agha calls for \u201csportsman spirit\u201d after controversial run-out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-70742367\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Pakistan batter Salman Ali Agha said Mehidy Hasan Miraz should had \u200bshown the \u201csportsman spirit\u201d after the Bangladesh captain ended \u200chis innings with a controversial run-out \u200bin Friday\u2019s ODI in Dhaka.<\/p>\n<p>Short \u2060of his crease at the non-striker\u2019s end, Agha bent down to pick up the ball \u200cto return it to the bowler after his teammate Mohammad Rizwan had \u200cdriven it towards him.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mehidy circled \u200caround \u2060behind Agha to collect the ball \u2060and threw down the stumps.<\/p>\n<p>The dismissal immediately revived discussions about the \u201cspirit of cricket\u201d and had echoes of \u200bthe 2023 Ashes \u200ccontroversy when Australia\u2019s Alex Carey stumped England\u2019s Jonny Bairstow at Lord\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think sportsman spirit has to be there,\u201d Agha told reporters \u200cafter Pakistan\u2019s 128-run win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he has \u200bdone is in the law. I think if he thinks it\u2019s \u2060right, it\u2019s right, but if you ask me my perspective, I would have done differently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u200cwould have gone for sportsman spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/salman-ali-agha-run-out-mehidy-hasan-controversy-video-pakistan-vs-bangladesh-2nd-odi\/article70740439.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Salman Agha\u2019s controversial run out during BAN vs PAK 2nd ODI<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Agha reacted angrily in the moment, throwing down his gloves and helmet, but later downplayed his outburst.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just trying to give him the ball back. I was \u200cnot looking for the run or anything like that, \u200bbut he already decided.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you ask me what would I have \u2060done, I would have done things differently. But&#8230;whatever happened after that, it was in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan and Bangladesh will \u200cplay the third ODI on Sunday, with the three-match series level at 1-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Mar 14, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/international\/bangladesh-vs-pakistan-2nd-odi-salman-ali-agha-mehidy-hasan-miraz-run-out-controversy-sportsman-spirit-latest\/article70742367.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan batter Salman Ali Agha said Mehidy Hasan Miraz should had \u200bshown the \u201csportsman spirit\u201d after the Bangladesh captain ended \u200chis innings with a controversial run-out \u200bin Friday\u2019s ODI in Dhaka. Short \u2060of his crease at the non-striker\u2019s end, Agha bent down to pick up the ball \u200cto return it to the bowler after his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":141335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AFP__20260313__A34T9ZM__v1__HighRes__CricketBanPakOdi.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-ALA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/141335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}