Agha was livid after Pakistan team-mate Mohammad Rizwan hit the ball again in direction of him on the non-striker’s finish off Mehidy’s bowling and the pair tangled.
Out of his floor, Agha tried to choose the ball as much as give it to Mehidy, just for the Bangladesh captain to get it first and hit the stumps.
On-field umpire Tanvir Ahmed referred the choice to 3rd umpire Kumar Dharmasena, who gave Agha out.
The Pakistan batsman, who had scored a effective 64 off 62 balls, gestured angrily as he left the sphere.
“I think sportsman spirit has to be there,” mentioned Agha, echoing related sentiments to these expressed when England’s Jonny Bairstow was run out by Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey within the second Ashes Test at Lord’s in 2023.
“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’d have gone for sportsman spirit. We have not carried out this [type of thing] beforehand. We would by no means do this sooner or later as nicely.”
He was found to have breached Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “abuse of cricket tools or clothes, floor tools or fixtures and fittings throughout a world match”.
Agha and Rizwan had put on 109 for the fourth wicket after coming together with Pakistan wobbling at 122-3 after losing three quick wickets.
Rizwan was dismissed for 44 two balls later as Pakistan made 274, earlier than bowling Bangladesh out for 114 to win by 128 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) technique and stage the best-of-three collection at 1-1.
