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       IPL Eliminator - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Kolkata Knight Ri
       ders
       By: UmpireIan49 Date: October 11, 2021, 1:36 pm
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       An exciting IPL match sullied by poor umpiring and some very
       petulant behaviour by RCB captain Virat Kohli, who sadly has
       plenty of history in arguing with officialdom.
       The umpire in question was Virender Sharma, who gave three
       incorrect lbw decisions, all overturned on review. The third of
       the three decisions, was a not out decision that to the naked
       eye, looked very out. Reviewed and the third umpire correctly
       overturned the decision.
       We were then treated to the petulant histrionics of Kohli,
       arguing with Mr. Sharma and this led to the other umpire, the
       more experienced Chris Gaffaney, to intervene. Kohli wasn’t to
       be placated until Mr. Sharma gave him a rebuke, and quite
       rightly. What would have happened if there was no DRS, I shudder
       to think. Saying all of that, an umpire standing in that class
       of cricket getting three decisions overturned does leave some
       questions to be answered.
       I can think of a few of my fellow umpiring colleagues who also
       wouldn’t have taken too kindly to Kohli’s misbehaviour. One day,
       Kohli will encounter someone a lot more rougher and tougher , be
       it an umpire or opposition player, and hopefully he may think
       twice before he argues like a petulant footballer we see all too
       often in top flight football in the UK.
       In the end, RCB lost, so maybe some poetic justice was served.
       I would imagine the final would be umpired by any of the
       following four officials - Richard Illingworth, Chris Gaffaney,
       Michael Gough and Nitin Menon.
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