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AB De Villiers on Virat Kohli Wicket Controversy: The controversy regarding the wicket of RCB’s Virat Kohli against Kolkata Knight Riders is not stopping. Some cricket experts believe that Virat Kohli was not out while some believe that Virat Kohli was out as per the rules.
Regarding Virat Kohli’s wicket against Kolkata, his best friend and former South African player AB de Villiers, who played with him in RCB, pointed fingers at the umpire’s decision and gave him advice.
Kohli was out on a full-toss ball
While chasing the target given by Kolkata Knight Riders, Virat Kohli was out while hitting a shot on a full-toss ball. However, Kohli was adamant that the ball was above waist height, meaning it should have been called a no ball, but after the field umpire refused to do so, he decided to seek a review. But the third umpire also declared the ball a legal delivery.
Due to which Kohli became extremely angry and angrily walked back towards the dugout, shaking his head in disbelief. During this, he was repeatedly indicating that the ball was above his waist. Now former RCB team cricketer AB de Villiers has also come out in support of Kohli. De Villiers recently criticized the third umpire’s call on wide balls and said that a little common sense should be used along with technology for such decisions.
Friend AB de Villiers came to Kohli’s defense
The former South African batsman made another post on Twitter soon after Kohli’s dismissal, in which he stressed that there is a need to remove the ‘grey area’ while taking such decisions. De Villiers wrote on X,
“The gray area in sports gives way to anger and confusion. It is not a difficult thing to fix. Know the batsman’s stance, draw lines and use ball tracking. There should be no confusion.”
During the start of the match, De Villiers also talked about how cricket can take inspiration from football while taking such decisions. He said, “Forgot to clarify this in 360 Live today. “This has nothing to do with bad umpiring, but rather using technology in an already better game is just common sense.”
“Like the offside rule in football, draw lines and make decisions out wide (height, offside and leg-side) easier,” he said. For height, a line will have to be drawn as soon as the batsman enters the crease. If the batsman goes beyond the wide line then obviously he goes, but measure it and draw a line, don’t let the third umpire thumb the decision. Simple and effective.”
