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Here too, Mathews’s helmet strap was broken and he was waiting for the substitute to get him another one. But by then Shakib, who had got Sadeera Samarawickrama caught off the previous delivery, had already appealed for time out. Umpire Marais Erasmus confirmed the appeal from Shakib and on both occasions Shakib replied “I am serious.”

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Mathews did try to convince Erasmus and the batter even walked up to Shakib to explain the delay. But Shakib told him, “I have done my job, now it is up to the umpire.” Thereafter, Mathews had no option but to walk off the field without facing a delivery. Mathews may be first to be timed out. But a batter has been out in the past without facing a ball.

There have been incidents of new batter joining in as non-striker and getting run out without facing a delivery i.e. run out without facing a delivery or stumped off a wide ball. Like the run-out at the non-striker’s end has been discussed threadbare in recent times, there is going to be prolonged, heated debate and surely ICC will have to revisit Law 40.1: Out Timed out.

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Gautam Gambhir @GautamGambhir: Absolutely pathetic what happened in Delhi today! 

Usman Khawaja@Uz_Khawaja: Angelo made his crease then his helmet strap broke. How is that timed out? I’m all for timed out if he doesn’t make his crease but this is ridic. No different then a batsman getting to the crease then taking 3 minutes to face up

Dale Steyn@DaleSteyn62: Well, that wasn’t cool

Javeria Khan@ImJaveria: Yes rules are rules, but there is a term called “Spirit of Cricket” which applies on such situations. Bangladesh would have done a better thing  had it given Angelo Matthews a margin. One should trust in their abilities to win matches.