MOMENTS

Non-appeal followed by a shocker

In the 11th over of the innings Mustafizur Rahman appeared to beat Upul Tharanga's slash outside off stump and the ball sailed through to keeper and captain Mushfiqur Rahim. There was a click sound as the ball passed the bat, but there was no appeal, unusual for a team who are generally pretty optimistic while reviewing, let alone appealing.

Four balls later there was a loud appeal as a Mustafizur in-ducker had Tharanga overbalancing and the ball thudded into the pads. Umpire S Ravi's fingers shot up, and so did Tharanga's fist into his bat, signalling a review. The ball would not only have missed an imaginary fifth stump, it would have also gone over it. And so began S Ravi's troubles...

Rubs of the green

Shakib Al Hasan can count himself unlucky not to have had Dinesh Chandimal on 38 in the afternoon session when a leg-before shout to an arm-ball from around the wicket was first turned down before being upheld when Soumya Sarkar caught the deflection, indicating that the umpire, Ravi again, thought that there was an inside edge. Chandimal reviewed and since there was no Hot Spot or Ultra Edge, an inside edge could not be conclusively proven, which means that the on-field umpire's decision should stand. However, Ravi was soon signalling an overturn and Chandimal was allowed to continue.

While the figurative rub of the green went against Bangladesh in this case, a few overs later in the 46th a literal rub of the green denied Bangladesh Chandimal's wicket once more. The right-hander top-edged a sweep off Taijul Islam and Mehedi Hasan Miraz ran in and dove forward to complete what looked like a superb catch in real time. The batsmen and umpires were unconvinced, and the soft signal was not out. Replays showed that the ball may have bounced an inch or two in front of Miraz's hands, and this time the decision stayed with the on-field umpires.