Waqar Younis in legal crosshairs for criticizing Shakib’s “timed-out” appeal

A Excessive Courtroom in Bangladesh has issued a ruling towards the previous Pakistan cricketer Waqar Younis.

This ruling got here in response to vital remarks made by Waqar about Bangladesh cricket and their group captain, Shakib Al Hasan, throughout their current World Cup match towards Sri Lanka. 

In that match, Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews was controversially given a “timed out” dismissal, marking the primary occasion of such a dismissal within the 146-year historical past of worldwide cricket.

Through the match, Shakib determined to attraction for a “timed-out” dismissal of Mathews. Whereas the ICC laws do embody a provision for “timed out” dismissals, it had not been applied in worldwide cricket earlier than this incident. Mathews requested a brand new helmet, and the method took greater than two minutes to finish. Shakib, noticing the delay, knowledgeable the umpire, resulting in Mathews being declared “timed out.”

Each Waqar and former Sri Lankan cricketer Russel Arnold criticized Shakib’s actions within the commentary field, characterizing the attraction as “unsportsmanlike habits.” Younis particularly directed his criticism in direction of Shakib, questioning his actions and expressing disapproval of Bangladesh’s method, citing that it went towards the spirit of cricket. 

“I didn’t get pleasure from what I noticed on the market. That wasn’t good for the spirit of cricket. I’m old-fashioned and I feel that was a variety of drama to get Angelo Mathews out,” Waqar stated throughout TV broadcast.

The ruling towards Waqar instructed the Bangladesh Cricket Board to clarify why they need to not lodge a grievance with the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to have Waqar faraway from the checklist of worldwide commentators within the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023.

Moreover, the courtroom has given the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and its president a interval of 10 days to offer a response to this ruling. The ruling was issued by a bench comprising Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Atabullah after the preliminary listening to of a writ petition filed by Supreme Courtroom lawyer Advocate Waliur Rahman Khan.