WATCH: Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed's unnecessary throw leads to dramatic scenes in South Africa
The throw from Khaled Ahmed led to a stoppage in play as the standing umpire had a word with the Bangladesh skipper.
An unnecessary throw aimed at the batter from Bangladesh pacer Khaled Ahmed led to dramatic scenes on Day 2 of the second Test against South Africa played in Port Elizabeth. The fast-bowler completed his run-up and threw the ball at South Africa's wicketkeeper-batter Kyle Verreynne even as he was making no attempt to move out of his crease and go for a run.
Verreynne defended a short-pitched ball straight to the bowler and clearly raised his bat to tell his batting partner to not go for a run. Yet, moments after picking up the ball, Khaled Ahmed hurled a throw at his body. The ball smashed onto Verreynne's bat, which fell off his hands instantly, before the batter was seen standing there and staring at the bowler in anger and disgust.
Khaled Ahmed's ill-advised throw gets Kyle Verreynne angry
Khaled Ahmed made a point to apologise to Verreynne but that hardly helped relax the mood of the setting, as there was no need to make a throw in the first place. At no stage upon defending the ball did the South African batter attempt a quick single.
The incident happened on the penultimate ball of the 95th over in the home team's first-innings. Facing a short ball from the Bangladeshi quick, Verreynne jumped up in his crease for a cut short. But the delivery kept tailing into him and cramped him enough to apply insignificant contact as he could only slice the ball back to the bowler's end.
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This is where the drama unfolded. Picking up the ball after it rolled onto the track, Khaled threw the ball towards Verreynne, who was in shock and disbelief, especially having shown no intention to move out his crease.
Absolutely unnecessary, embarrassing, and disgraceful. Surely this warrants a fine + demerit points for Khaled Ahmed. Awful attempt to show aggression.
— A B H A I || Bowled Through The Gate ™ (@Abhai_BTTG) April 10, 2022
Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be an attitude issue that needs to be fixed when it comes to Bangladesh cricket. #SAvBAN pic.twitter.com/ElgW75oktT
The bowler's apology in that moment was simply not good enough, and it required a word from Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque to calm down the South African batter. Standing umpire Marais Erasmus then had a word with Mominul, presumably telling the visiting captain to ask his bowler to avoid repeating such an act.