A virtual semifinal that runs deep into the final over can test not just the skills of the players but also their temperament, and unfortunately lack of the latter remained as the lasting image from an otherwise scintillating battle between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday (March 16). In the final moments of the game, the scenes that unfolded were akin to a wrestling ring - players locking themselves in one-on-one faceoffs, shoving away one another, veins popping out in arguments, skipper almost calling his batsmen back and to finish it, a shattered glass door in the Bangladesh dressing room. As hosts Sri Lanka were seemingly getting close to a victory in the
NIDAHAS TROPHY, 2018
Fracas in the middle shrouds Bangladesh's victory
Nurul Hasan was engaged in an ugly war of words with the Sri Lankan players © AFP
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