BAN vs SL: Watch - Marais Erasmus Tries To Separate Bangladesh & Sri Lanka Players As They Fight On Field

The on-field umpires Richard Illingworth and Marais Erasmus had a tough day at the job during the 38th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 between Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh National Cricket Team and Kusal Mendis-led Sri Lanka National Cricket Team at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Monday, November 6.

There were multiple verbal fights during the match and a controversial dismissal of Angelo Mathews that ignited the spirit of cricket debate among cricket fans and experts.

After a couple of one-on-one fights, there was a fight involving multiple players after the 38th over of the second innings. Sri Lanka players Charith Asalanka and Charith Asalanka were engaged in a heated exchange with Bangladesh batsman Towhid Hridoy. Marais Erasmus was forced to step in to separate the players before the things got more bad and heated.

Watch – Marais Erasmus Tries To Separate Bangladesh & Sri Lanka Players As They Fight

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In the end, Bangladesh won the match by 3 wickets to eliminate Sri Lanka from the semi-finals race. Notably, the Bangla Tigers were already out of the competition.

Shakib Al Hasan won the Player of the Match for his all-round heroics and speaking after the match, he said that they bowled really well in the match. He said:

“They are two important players (Mendis and Samarawickrama), lucky to get those two wickets. There wasn’t much for the bowlers, we bowled really well upfront. Spinners kept it tight. Both the spinners bowled really well. Bowling wins us more matches, fast bowlers were bowling really well up to the World Cup.”

Shakib Al Hasan further said that they weren’t able to perform up to the expectations in the World Cup, but were happy with their performance against the Lankan Lions.

“We couldn’t live up to our expectations but we knew that we can fight back, we had that mentality. We kept on believing and we kept on coming back and today it paid off,” Shakib Al Hasan said.

“The ground dimension helped as well, the shorter boundary, there was a lot of pace on the ball, so I just had to use the pace, luckily it came off and from there on I never looked back. (Best performance came a little late?) I’d agree with that, we could have been consistent, that’s one disappointment,” Shakib Al Hasan stated.