The batter Salman Agha has broken his silence on his controversial run-out during the second ODI in the Pakistan tour of Bangladesh 2026 on March 12.
Agha was dismissed by Mehidy Hasan Miraz, which led to an on-field spat between the batter and Bangladesh players. After the game, Salman Agha said that he would have done things differently and gone for sportsman’s spirit.
The incident unfolded in the 39th over as Pakistan were building a steady partnership between Agha and Mohammad Rizwan after Bangladesh chose to bowl first.
Rizwan nudged the fourth delivery to the bowler’s right, where Bangladesh captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz moved across in his follow-through and stopped the ball with his boot, colliding with Agha at the non-striker’s end.
With the ball stopped near them, Agha was outside the crease where he tended to bend down and pick the ball and hand it back to Mehidy Hasan.
However, Miraz quickly picked the ball and hit the stumps at the non-striker end while Agha was still short of the ground.
Mehidy Hasan appealed Miraz immediately, prompting on-field umpire Tanvir Ahmed to refer the decision upstairs. The TV umpire gave out for Agha after confirming the ball remained in play, and the batter had not grounded his bat behind the crease.
Crucial moment! Mehidy Hasan Miraz removes Salman Agha with a brilliant run-out. ⚡🏏#BCB #Cricket #Bangladesh #Pakistan #ODI pic.twitter.com/N0inKkZVwz
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) March 13, 2026
Salman Agha, who scored 64 runs off 62 deliveries, was disappointed with the decision and had an exchange with Miraz. The discussion heated up as Litton Das joined the discussion before Rizwan stepped in to calm things down.
“I think sportsman spirit has to be there,” Agha said at the press conference. “What he (Mehidy) has done is in the law. I think if he thinks it’s right, it’s right, but if you ask me my perspective, I would have done differently.”
“I would have gone for sportsman spirit. We haven’t done this (type of thing) previously, we would never do that in the future as well.”
Salman said that he went to pick the ball, thinking that it would have been called dead after it hit his pad and bat.
“Actually, the ball hit on my pad and then my bat,” he said. “So I thought he can’t get me run out now, because the ball had already hit my pad and my bat.
“I was just trying to give him the ball back. I was not looking for the run or anything like that, but he already decided (to make the run-out).”
The batter also said that his altercation with Litton was in the heat of the moment, and he regrets his reaction to the whole situation.
“It was just heat-of-the-moment kind of stuff,” he said. “If you ask me what I would have done, I would have done things differently. But it was everything; whatever happened after that was in the moment. I can’t remember what I was saying, and I can’t remember what he was saying,” he said.
“I’m sure I wasn’t saying nice things, and I’m sure he wasn’t saying nice stuff as well. But it was just the heat of the moment, so we are fine,” concluded Salman Agha.
With the series levelled at 1-1, the final game will be played on March 15 at Shere Bangla, Dhaka.
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