
Sri
Lanka arranged Nidahas Trophy 2018 to commemorate their 70th
independence day, who invited Bangladesh and India to receive the
hospitality. The external affairs of the cricket battles, which dropped
cricket behind are analyzed here. The second part of the 'Chitchat'
attempted to reveal the grudges showed against Bangladesh during the
tournament.
Unheeded Practice Facilities: Bangladesh went to
Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) ground for scheduled practice on March 13
but had to return hotel lobby after 10 minutes since they found out
below-par wickets there. "Bangladesh had practice sessions at SSC but
the wicket is not upto the mark. Anybody can get injury here and we did
not want to take the risk," Tigers team manager Khaled Mahmud told to
the media. Such negligence from the host of any international cricket
event organising nation raises question about their 'sense and
senilities'.
Biased Umpiring: When judges become subjective then
who's to defend the fence? All matches of an international event had
been umpired by four locals is a surprise, the more surprising is their
decision favouring the home side trenchermen. Ruchira Palliyaguruge,
Raveendra Wimalasiri , Ranmore Martinesz and Lyndon Hannibal were the
match officials throughout the series, while Englishman Chris Broad was
the only external recruit who is the ICC panel match referee.
Umpiring
hoax seen in the last over of Isuru Udana during the virtual semi-final
between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The leg umpire gave 'No Ball' to the
second of the consecutive shoulder height ball, but the umpire in
bowlers end didn't awarded it. It created chaos, which resulted the fine
for Shakib and his men.
Alleged umpires along with Lankan brawls went unpunished!
Another
shameless umpiring show of Ranmore Martinesz surprised everyone, who
called a clear caught behind a wide against Rubel during
India-Bangladesh fifth match.
Tamim had been given LBW in an outside
leg stump pitching ball in the final, which also missing everything.
Tamim sustained challenging umpire's decision.
An interesting
reaction from Umpire got viral in social media, where umpire had seen
more disappointed than bowler Akila Dhananjya after the wicketkeeper's
failure to catch the ball that brushed Tamim's bat in the match of March
16.
Flag Distortion: During the playing of national anthem in the
second Nidahas Trophy match between Bangladesh and India, Lankan
authority sent a bluish coloured Bangladesh Flag. The ill will also
showed in the final when Lankan technology echoed while playing national
anthem of Bangladesh.
Isn't it arrogance? - Sri Lanka printed banner
for 'Invitee Car Pass' for the final where they mentioned that they had
been taking on India in the final on March 18, who failed to qualify
for the final after conceding consecutive losses against Tigers. How
they could hang such a thing, when the qualifier yet to be determined?
To be continued ...