Team India head coach Rahul Dravid shared his views on the controversial ‘timed-out’ dismissal which erupted during the Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka World Cup match earlier this week. Angelo Mathews became the first player in international cricket history to get timed out after Shakib Al Hasan decided to appeal for it after the former Sri Lanka captain failed to take the guard in regulated time – 2 minutes.
The spirit of cricket debate erupted as many from the cricket fraternity were not impressed with Bangladesh skipper Shakib’s decision to appeal for the dismissal.
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India coach Dravid gave his take on the dismissal and said that everyone has a different thought process and there is no real right and wrong.
“I think like you just said yourself, everyone thinks differently. We are all unique creatures and we have our own minds and our own thoughts. And the players will be the same. Each one of us will think differently about a particular situation. And there is no real right and wrong. You can go and debate both situations,” Dravid said in the press conference on the eve of the Netherlands clash.
The veteran cricketer further talked about the spirit of cricket and said when someone wants to use the law to the nth degree then there is nothing to complain about it.
“You can debate whether we have to stick to the rules as they are. Or you have to sometimes give a little leeway for a little bit of spirit of cricket. And there’ll be people on both sides of the camp. And I think just understanding that it’s okay to have those differences is fine. It’s fine to have those differences and some people might agree or not agree with certain decisions that were taken. Others will say no it’s in the rules so I’m allowed to do it and that’s the way it is you know you can’t – when someone wants to take the letter of the rule law to the last nth degree, I don’t think you can complain about it because honestly, he’s just following the rules as he sees it,” he added.
The Indian head coach suggested it’s unfair to blame the person who has taken advantage of the laws of cricket.
“I mean, you know, we might not do it, but you can’t blame somebody for following it because you put that in place and you have to give scope for that level of understanding of somebody. Whether you choose to do it or not is completely your decision,” he said.
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