Hyderabad: Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli is yet not ready to digest Thursday's defeat to Mumbai Indians which was marred by no-ball controversy. The captain even said he doesn't even care about the players' code of conduct. RCB lost the last ball thriller by six runs.
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Kohli was visibly angry with on-field umpire S. Ravi who failed to notice the no-ball bowled by Lasith Malinga. RCB were required seven off the penultimate delivery of the match and but they failed to score. However, a no-ball could have given them a second chance to try their luck in the match.
A livid Kohli, who has already blamed umpire S. Ravi for the blunder, stormed into the match referee Manu Nayyar's room and abused him over the poor standard of umpiring.
He even told the match referee that he didn't careif he was penalised for breaching the code of conduct.
Earlier at the post-match press conference, Kohli said, "We are playing at IPL level, not club cricket. That is just a ridiculous call off the last ball. The umpires should have their eyes open, it was a no-ball by an inch. It is a completely different game altogether [if there was the extra delivery]. They should have been sharper and more careful out there."
Mumbai Indians skipper also echoed his India team skipper' thought on the matter and said these mistakes shouldn't be tolerated.
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"I just got to know when we crossed the rope. Somebody told me it was a no ball. These kind of mistakes are not good for the game of cricket, it's pretty simple. In the over before that, Bumrah bowled a ball which wasn't wide. Those are game changers. There's a TV up there, they have to watch what's happening. It is as simple as that." Sharma said.
"Players can't do much. The only thing they can do is walk off and shake hands because it was the last ball. It's disappointing to see that. I hope they rectify their mistakes like we do when we make mistakes," Sharma added.
