It Was Crazy”: Faf Du Plessis’ Blunt Take On Virat Kohli’s Controversial Dismissal vs KKR

left furious following a controversial dismissal during the IPL 2024 match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday. Kohli was caught by Harshit Rana off his own bowling but the batter was convinced that the ball was above his waist. However, replays showed that the ball was dipping and as Kohli was standing outside the crease, the ball would have ended up below his waist if he was standing at his normal batting position. Kohli was not happy with the third umpire’s decision and RCB skipper Faf Du Plessis also opened up about the controversial dismissal.

It was crazy, rules are rules, Virat and myself thought that the ball was higher than the waist (on Kohli’s dismissal), I guess they measured from the popping crease, one team thinks it’s high, the other doesn’t. That’s how the game goes at times,” Faf said at the post-match presentation.

“Then the partnership, it was magnificent (on the Jacks-Patidar partnership), but when you don’t win too many games, some sort of panic sets in and the Narine over was game-changing. You don’t feel that you have time to settle down and bat (on the evolution of the IPL this season), the game doesn’t allow it to do that, obviously you have an extra batter, but in chases like these, you have to keep going.”