Du Plessis opens in on Kohli's controversial dismissal after one-run loss to KKR

Following his sides onerun loss to Kolkata Knight Riders KKR in their IPL 2024 match Royal Challengers Bengaluru RCB skipper Faf Du Plessis opened up on Virat Kohlis controversial dismissal and the turning point of the gameDespite explosive halfcenturies from Will Jacks and Rajat Patidar and an admirable final flourish from Karn Sharma RCB fell short of just one run of beating KKR at Eden Gardens and slumped to their seventh loss in the tournament as they failed to chase down the target of 223 runsA key moment in the game saw Virat fall to a controversial onfield call for 18 in seven balls after fending off what appeared to be a beamer straight back to paceman Harshit Rana Not amused after being given out by the onfield umpires Virat referred the decision to the third umpire for a no ball However after going over the replays the third umpire upheld the onfield decision giving him out Furious at being adjudged out Virat was seen remonstrating on the field and started walking off in anger as the Knights rejoicedFollowing the postmatch presentation Faf said that he and Virat thought that the delivery by Harshit Rana was a noball and above the waist He also said that Sunil Narines 13th over which saw him dismiss Cameron Green and Mahipal Lomror for low scores was the turning point of the game RCB was left at 1556 at that point in 13 oversIt was crazy rules are rules Virat and I thought that the ball was higher than the waist on Kohlis dismissal I guess they measured from the popping crease one team thinks it is high the other doesnt That is how the game goes at times Then the partnership it was magnificent on the JacksPatidar partnership but when you do not win too many games some sort of panic sets in and the Narine over was gamechanging said FafAlso ReadKohlis fury erupts as he confronts onfield umpire after questionable rulingHe also said that big run chase like these do not give batters time to settle and they just have to keep goingPlessis said that he is actually proud of the team for the way they bowled and fielded He also expressed his sides resolve to change his sides fortunes and make their unbelievable fans happyThe small things I am actually proud of the boys tonight the way we bowled and fielded we did give away a couple of big overs towards the end but I thought we kept them down to a par score We thought we will go hard in the batting powerplay find those boundaries at the start of the innings We were desperate 1010 from an effort perspective the way we put up the effort in the ground the faces told the story We have got an unbelievable fanbase we want to make them happy we want them to have a smile on their face We will have to continue putting in our efforts and try to change things around he concludedComing to the match RCB skipper Faf Du Plessis won the toss and elected to field first Phil Salts explosive 48 in 14 balls with seven fours and three sixes providing the twotime champions with some extra runs in the powerplay Wickets were falling from the other end continuously but skipper Shreyas Iyer 50 in 36 balls with seven fours and a six Rinku Singh 24 in 16 balls with two fours and a six Andre Russell 27 in 20 balls with four boundaries and Ramandeep Singh 24 in nine balls with two fours and two sixes contributed just enough to take them to 2226 in their 20 oversCameron Green 235 was the pick of the bowlers for RCB Yash Dayal also picked up two wickets but leaked 56 runs Mohammed Siraj and Lockie Ferguson took a wicketIn the runchase RCB lost Virat Kohli 18 and Faf Du Plessis 7 early A 102run partnership between Will Jacks 55 in 32 balls with four boundaries and five sixes and Rajat Patidar 52 in 23 balls with three fours and five sixes helped RCB bounce back however spells from Andre Russell 325 and Sunil Narine 234 changed the match once again Karn Sharma attempted to swing the match in RCBs favour with three sixes in the final over however the team fell short by a run and skittled out for 221 in 20 oversRussell got the Player of the Match for his knock of 27 and three wicketsWith this win KKR moved up to the second spot with five wins and two losses giving them 10 points The RCB stays bottom of the table with a win and seven losses aggregating just two pointsWith agency inputs