NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders' thrilling one-run win against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Eden Gardens on Sunday will also be remembered for the controversial dismissal of Virat Kohli.
Chasing 223, RCB's star batsman and former captain Virat Kohli was adjudged out on the first ball of the third over when he was caught by surprise by a full toss from Harshit Rana and ended up edging a simple return catch.
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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.
But the replays showed that as it was a slower ball, it dipped as it reached Kohli and more importantly the side angles showed that he was standing outside the crease.
Ball-tracking showed that the ball would have been below the waist had Kohli been in his normal batting stance inside the batting crease.
An infuriated Virat started to walk off the field shaking his head and came back to have quite a few angry words with the umpires.
So was Kohli out or not?
According to the laws of the game by MCC, law 41.7.1 clearly states, "Any delivery, which passes or would have passed, without pitching, above waist height of the striker standing upright at the popping crease, is unfair. Whenever such a delivery is bowled, the umpire shall call and signal No ball."
Here the most important point is that Virat was standing outside the crease and hence according to the third umpire after seeing ball-tracking the ball that was dipping as it was a slower one, would have been below the waist had Kohli been in his normal stance inside the batting crease.
RCB captain Faf du Plessis said after the match, "It was crazy, rules are rules, Virat and myself thought that the ball was higher than the waist, I guess they measured from the popping crease, one team thinks it's high, the other doesn't. That's how the game goes at times."
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2/10:Kolkata Knight Riders
<p>Kolkata Knight Riders survived a late charge by Royal Challengers Bengaluru batsmen to win by one run in an IPL thriller after Virat Kohli's angry outburst at his dismissal on Sunday. </p>AP
3/10:Shreyas Iyer
<p>Bengaluru conceded 222-6 after electing to field first at Eden Gardens with Phil Salt smashing 48 off 14 balls and skipper Shreyas Iyer hitting 50. </p>AFP
4/10:Karn Sharma
<p>Needing 21 to win in the final over by Mitchell Starc, RCB's Karn Sharma hit the Australian left-arm quick for three sixes before being caught and bowled. </p>AFP
5/10:Phil Salt
<p>Wicketkeeper Salt then ran out Lockie Ferguson on the last ball despite a wide throw by the fielder as Bengaluru were bowled out for 221. </p>AP
6/10:Virat Kohli
<p>Bengaluru slipped early in their chase when Virat Kohli, who made a seven-ball 18, fell caught and bowled off Harshit Rana. </p>AP
7/10:No-ball?
<p>But the former India captain looked confident the high full-toss was above his waist as the umpires checked for a no-ball. </p>AFP
8/10:Furious Kohli
<p>TV umpire Michael Gough declared it out after technology suggested the trajectory of the ball dipped below the waist of the batsman, who returned furious after exchanging words with the on-field officials. </p>PTI
9/10:7th loss in 8 games
<p>The drama did not help Bengaluru in their chase as the bottom-placed side in the 10-team table slumped to their seventh loss in eight matches. </p>PTI
