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 Ab de Villiers Slams Litton Das For Calling Ish Sodhi Back In Run-Out Saga

image-ln1tjz6xLitton Das speaks with Ish Sodhi (x.com)

Bangladesh captain Litton Das recalled New Zealand all-rounder Ish Sodhi after the latter was found short of his crease at the non-striker’s end. The incident occurred during the second ODI of their three-match series earlier this week in Mirpur.

Litton’s sporting gesture earned him some high praises from all corners of the cricketing fraternity. However, his decision did not seem to have gone down well with former South African captain and batting great AB de Villiers.

AB de Villiers against decision of recalling batsmen

South African great AB de Villiers has shared his opinion over Litton Das’ decision of recalling New Zealand batsman Ish Sodhi, even though the latter was legally runout by Bangladesh pacer Hasan Mahmud at the non-striker’s end.

During the match, Mahmud clipped bails from his ends after Sodhi had strayed away from the crease. Umpire Marais Erasmus referred to go upstairs, and the Kiwi all-rounder was rightfully adjudged out for backing up too far.

While interim skipper Litton Das allowed Sodhi to continue batting, AB de Villiers said that the Bangladesh captain should not have called back the New Zealander. Taking to his YouTube channel, the Proteas legend said:

“Ish Sodhi was called back by Bangladesh captain Litton Das and I think, this is a little all over the place. I looked at the footage. If I get bowled, the captain can’t feel sorry for me and call me back. Right? So, why would this rule allow the batters to be called back? Where I am going with this is, I want the ICC to bring it into the rule that you can’t call batters back. Make it a fair dismissal.”

AB de Villiers also added that a fielding captain should not be allowed to call back a batsman in any scenario. He further claimed that non-striker’s runouts are also fair dismissals and one must follow the rules of the game.

“My advice would be, take the rule away that you can’t call a batter back. If a bowler wants to run the batter out, take the dismissal off the rule book. If you are caught on the boundary, you are out. These are the rules of the game. You can’t say, “ah, he is my friend, call him back’. I don’t see this as sportsmanship, I’m sorry. It’s a fair dismissal, it’s out. Walk off the field.”