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Chasing KKR’s 222 for 6, RCB’s star batsman and former captain Virat Kohli was adjudged out on the first ball of the third over when a full toss from Harshit Rana surprised Kohli, who ended up lobbing a simple return catch.
The on-field umpires game Kohli out while the batsman believed the full-toss was above the height of his waist and thus should be ruled a no-ball. Kohli went for a review, but because it was a slower ball and the batsman was standing out of his crease, ball-tracking deemed the ball to be dipping and thus would have been below Kohli’s waist height by the time it reached the popping crease.
As the KKR players celebrated the prized wicket and the on-field umpire raised his finger, Virat went for the review as he thought the ball was a waist high full-toss and hence a no-ball.
It infuriated Kohli, who expressed his displeasure to the umpires before walking off, shaking his head in anger and disbelief and smashed the dustbin before making his way inside the dressing room.
Kohli made 18 off 7 balls.
RCB, however, made a match of it, thanks to half-centuries by Will Jacks (55 off 32 balls) and Rajat Patidar (52 off 23 balls). It followed a flurry of wickets, but Dinesh Karthik (25 off 18 balls) and Karn Sharma (20 off 7) ensured the game went to the last ball, on which RCB needed 3 runs to to win. But Lockie Ferguson (1) was run out trying to steal a second run and force a ‘Super Over’.
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It was RCB’s seventh loss in eight matches, while KKR moved up to the second spot with their fifth win in seven games.
Following the match, Kohli was again seen having a chat with the umpire at the end of the match, and also explaining to the KKR players what happened.
Interestingly, the BCCI had measured the waist height of each player in IPL 2024 to minimize errors in decisions related to beamers that can be ruled as no-balls.
Experts and former cricketers weighed in with their thoughts on the controversial decision.
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Irfan Pathan
Harsha Bhogle
Mohammad Kaif