 "As Virat Kohli loses cool, here's why TV umpire was right in giving him out")
Virat Kohli was left terribly angry following his dismissal during the IPL 2024 game between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. It was a high full toss from Harshit Rana to Kohli in the first ball of the third over, and Kohli, having stepped out of the crease, ended up getting a leading edge towards the bowler Harshit Rana himself, as he was declared caught and bowled.
Kohli immediately reviewed after the on-field umpire had not raised his finger to signal a waist-high no-ball. However, TV umpire Michael Gough stuck with the original decision of OUT after Kohli seemed to be outside the crease. Even the ball tracking seemed to suggest that the ball went below Kohli’s waist, thus making him out.
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However, Kohli was far from pleased with this decision and became furious with the umpires, involving in an animated discussion with them. Even Faf du Plessis joined in to Kohli’s support, but to no avail, as Kohli made his walk back to the dugout.
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View AllKohli was thus dismissed for 18 runs from seven balls, as RCB looked to chase down a target of 223. At the time of writing this report, RCB were 74/2 in 6 overs with Will Jacks (40*) and Rajat Patidar (6*) batting in the middle.
Earlier, knocks from Phil Salt (48) and Shreyas Iyer (50) led KKR to 222/6 from 20 overs. RCB are struggling in the bottom of the table with just two points from seven matches.
Virat Kohli dismissal explained
The MCC’s Law 41.7.1 says that: " 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".
In this case, Virat Kohli was batting outside the crease. Kohli, in fact, would have got the ball below the waist line had he been batting inside the crease.
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