The Cricket World Cup was witness to a contentious moment during the Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka match in Delhi on Monday when Agnelo Mathews was timed out. 

He became the first player in international cricket to be dismissed in that fashion. The former captain took more than two minutes to take strike and opposition skipper Shakib-Al-Hasan appealed, which was upheld by the on-field umpire.

After incident, Sri Lanka notched a total of 279. During the start of the Bangladesh innings, visuals showed former West Indies Ian Bishop talking to Angle Mathews. Bishop, a part of the commentary panel for Cricket World Cup's official broadcasters Star Sports, revealed details of what had transpired during the incident.

"The umpires asked Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan to withdraw the appeal twice, but Shakib said 'no' on both times," Ian Bishop said.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly escaped being timed-out when he had to rush onto the pitch after the fall of a wicket during a South Africa Test at Cape Town in 2007. The timed-out rule in Tests was three minutes but Proteas skipper Graeme Smith did not appeal and waited patiently for Ganguly to stride out despite exceeding the time limit.