Former India opener Navjot Singh Sidhu lashed out at Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) batsman Virat Kohli Kohli) was controversial in Sunday’s IPL 2024 match at Eden Gardens. In the third over of RCB’s 223-run chase, Kohli ended up missing a full toss from pacer Harshit Rana, who caught it with ease and was thrown out. While the KKR cricketers celebrated, Kohli conducted a review as he was sure the ball was above his waist when it came in contact with the bat.

However, replays showed that Kohli had come out of his crease and third umpire Michael Gough deemed it a fair delivery due to the lack of height.

Kohli appeared frustrated after the decision was taken against him and decided to attack the umpires and officials. RCB skipper Faf du Plessis also had a heated discussion with the officials over this.

However, Sidhu lashed out at the KKR players, especially Harshit, for saving Kohli from the projector. The cricketer-turned-politician also slammed cricket legislators over the same issue.

“Dhoni MS recalled Ian Bell during a Test match. He later scored 200 runs. But Dhoni won the Spirit of Cricket Award, which was also won in international matches. I can give you 10 An example of this. You get a player like Virat Kohli out and you want me to praise you? I can say with confidence that it is bad for the game if the law is not good. , then you must be commended for changing over time,” Sidhu said in his comments.

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Back in the game, Karn Sharma hit three sixes off Mitchell Starc in the final over, with RCB needing 21 runs. However, Starc mustered up the courage to dismiss him and KKR won the match by one run.

After the match, Faf spoke about Kohli’s controversial dismissal. He said: “It’s crazy. Rules are rules and Virat and I both thought the ball was above his waist in that space. You always find one team is happy and the other team is not. So happy.”