The 42nd league match of the 19th season of the Indian Premier League is being played between Gujarat Titans and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Gujarat Titans team captain Shubman Gill has decided to bowl first after winning the toss. RCB team did not have a good start in which they lost both their opening batsmen till the score of 35. After this, RCB captain Rajat Patidar along with Devdutt Padikkal took over the innings and started scoring runs at a fast pace. There was a partnership of 44 runs between the two for the third wicket, meanwhile Rajat Patidar lost his wicket while trying to play a big shot on the ball of Arshad Khan, in which there was a controversy over the decision of the third umpire regarding his catch and Virat Kohli seemed to be the most unhappy in this.
Virat Kohli was seen arguing with the fourth umpire
In this match, Royal Challengers Bangalore had scored 71 runs at the loss of two wickets in 7 overs, in which Rajat Patidar had scored 8 runs in the first three balls of this over of Arshad Khan, who came to bowl the 8th over of the innings for Gujarat Titans. After this, on the fourth ball, he played a shot on deep backward square leg in which it went very high in the air. During this time, Jason Holder, who was fielding there, ran and caught the ball while diving. However, during this time, the hand with which he took the catch was not only sliding but also touching the ground.
The field umpire sent the decision to the third umpire to check the catch, in which he declared Rajat Patidar out after seeing the replays. Virat Kohli, sitting in such a dug out, looked very angry about the decision in which he was seen expressing his unhappiness over this decision to the fourth umpire standing nearby in which apart from him, RCB team’s head coach Andy Flower was also present there. Rajat Patidar returned to the pavilion after facing 15 balls in this match and playing an innings of 19 runs with the help of two fours and a six.
Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring only 28 runs.
In the match against Gujarat Titans, everyone expected a big innings from Virat Kohli, in which he had a great start by hitting five fours in 5 consecutive balls against Kagiso Rabada in the second over of the innings, but he could not succeed in converting it into a big innings. In this match, after playing an innings of 28 runs with the help of five fours and one six in 13 balls, Kohli lost his wicket while trying to play a big shot on the ball of Kagiso Rabada.
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