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Twitter Reacts As Bangladesh And Sri Lanka Players Get Into Verbal Argument In The Heat Of The Moment

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are playing the third game of the Super 12 stages. The teams, which share a competitive rivalry in recent years, had done well to qualify to this stage. In this article, we take a look at how Twitter reacted to the incident in which Bangladesh and Sri Lanka players got into a verbal argument.

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka players get into a verbal argument

Winning the toss, Sri Lanka decided to bowl first at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. The Bangladeshis got off to a decent start, putting on a decent opening partnership of 40 runs in 5.4 overs. However, the Lankans were trying hard for a wicket. In the penultimate ball of the powerplay, Lahiru Kumara took the wicket of Liton Das.

In the heat of the moment, the Sri Lankan pacer went forward and had a few words with the dismissed Bangladesh cricketer. Liton did not seem to like it and he, too, responded. While it was okay until that moment, things went overboard when the argument became intense. The players were too close to each other and it later took the other cricketers to stop them from getting close even further.

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Twitter reacts to the incident

It is just the beginning of the T20 World Cup and Twitter was not happy with the incident. Both teams had a similar altercation in the Nidhas Trophy and it seems that the rivalry is not yet over. Most of the Twitter users felt that while the competitive spirit on the field is okay, the act of having an ugly argument, that too at the highest stage, will not reflect well. There were a couple of other reactions to the incident. We take a look at a few of them below:

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