The ball hits Kushal Mendis through the middle of the bat. Bowler Taijul Islam also did not react. Thinking that the ball had hit his feet, the skipper who was in the slip raised his hands calmly and appealed. Hesitant Taijul could not say anything clearly, there was no response even from the wicket keeper Liton Das. But after seeing the replay, it was clear that the ball hit the bat straight. But taking Shanta’s review has not only ruined a review, Shanta has also proved his weakness.
Bangladesh could never take advantage of Decision Review System (DRS) in that sense. Most of the time the team suffers due to wrong decisions. Kushal Mendis and Dimuth Karunaratne combined to crush Bangladesh on the first day of the second Test in Chittagong. Then Bangladesh became desperate to break this pair. But at such a time captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto took a ghostly review.
The incident happened in the 44th over of the match. Sri Lanka’s runs have crossed 150. In that over, Taijul’s ball was slightly advanced and played by Mendis who was unbeaten on 29 runs. Captain Nazmul Hossain, who was in the slip at that time thinking that the ball had hit his leg, raised his hand calmly and appealed. Shanto can be heard saying into the stump mic, ‘Feet first, Nibo.’ Then he indicated to take the review. The TV umpire didn’t even get to see the Ultra Edge in this review. The ball is far away from the front foot. Naturally, Bangladesh lost the review.
Bowling coach Andre Adams admitted the Bangladesh team’s lack of maturity in taking reviews, ‘It is a matter that we are discussing. We’re not very good at taking reviews, that much is clear. We’ve been terrible at getting reviews so far. We have to improve a lot in this regard.’
This coach feels that the players are giving priority to emotions over reality in taking reviews, ‘taking reviews is completely under the supervision of the captain and the wicketkeeper, maybe even the fielder standing at point can understand. The way we are taking reviews is not working. I think I’m probably putting emotion over reality at the moment.’
Then the bowling coach said about Shanta’s decision, ‘It hit straight through the middle of the bat, it was not a good review. Don’t want to be afraid of taking reviews. We just have to find a better process.’
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