Virat Kohli Controversial Dismissal: The 36th match of IPL 2024 was played between the teams of Kolkata Knight Risers and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Eden Gardens Stadium. The result of this match played between the two teams came on the last ball. In the high scoring match, KKR team won by 1 run. During this match, there was a lot of controversy on the wicket of Virat Kohli. After the match, team captain Faf du Plessis also gave a big statement on Virat’s wicket.
Ruckus on Virat Kohli’s wicket
Virat Kohli was out on a full toss by Harshit Rana in the third over while chasing the target against Kolkata Knight Riders. Kohli scored 18 runs in his seven-ball innings but his team lost the match by one run while chasing 223 runs to win. The Hawk-Eye system, which measures the height of no-balls, is in place in the Indian Premier League. Under this, no ball is decided by assessing the height of the ball from the height of the batsman’s waist in the crease. Virat was also given out under the same rule. But he seemed unhappy with this decision.
Big statement from captain Faf du Plessis
Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Faf du Plessis has expressed disagreement with the decision to give out Virat Kohli, saying that he believes the full toss ball was above waist height. Faf du Plessis said after the match that it was disappointing but rules are rules. Virat and I thought the ball was waist high. I think he judged it by the popping crease. In such a situation, one team thinks that it is a no ball, while the other team has a different thinking. Sometimes the game goes like this.
Let us tell you that Kohli was out of the crease while playing the shot and the ball was above his waist but it was coming downwards. TV umpire Michael Gough checked the height and according to Hawk-Eye tracking, if Kohli had been in the crease, the ball would have passed at a height of 0.92 meters near the waist. In this situation the ball would have been below Kohli’s waist height (1.04 metres). In such a situation, Gough found the height of the ball to be below Kohli’s waist height on the ball tracking scale and declared him out. However, Kohli did not seem to agree with this decision and spoke to the on-field umpire with an angry reaction. Even after leaving the field, disappointment could be seen on his face.
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