Virat Kohli was certainly fuming because as he walked back to the dugout, he smacked the dustbin with the bat in his hand.

Kolkata: Virat Kohli was gutted and that showed after he was controversially dismissed by Harshit Rana on Sunday at the Eden Gardens. Kohli could not believe that the decision had gone against him and he had to leave. The ex-RCB captain walked upto the on-field umpires and gave them a piece of his mind. He was certainly fuming because as he walked back to the dugout, he smacked the dustbin with the bat in his hand. It would now be interesting to see what action does BCCI take against Kohli following the episode.

Following the heartbreaking loss, Faf defended Kohli’s act towards the umpires.

“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,” Faf said at the post-match presentation.

Meanwhile, captain Shreyas Iyer hit a 36-ball fifty, his first half-century in IPL since May 2022, while Phil Salt and Ramandeep Singh smashed quick cameos and Andre Russell followed it up with a three-fer as Kolkata Knight Riders survived a late Karn Sharma scare to clinch a nail-biting victory over Royal Challengers Bengaluru by just one run.

Iyer smashed seven fours and a six to end the day as the top run-scorer for KKR, while Salt sizzled with a 14-ball 48 and Ramandeep produced fireworks in the end with an unbeaten 24 off just nine balls, propelling KKR to a massive 222/6 in 20 overs. In reply, Will Jacks and Rajat Patidar smashed fifties in a 102-run stand for the third wicket to keep RCB in the hunt.

But Russell and Sunil Narine struck decisive blows as RCB went from 137/2 to 155/6. Despite a late scare from Karn in the final over, RCB couldn’t get over the line and were all out for 220 to slump to their seventh defeat of the competition, while KKR now jumped to second place in the points table.

With 21 runs needed off the final over, Karn sliced Starc over backward point for six and survived a caught-behind appeal on the very next ball. Karn stayed deep in the crease and smacked Starc for sixes over extra cover and backward point.

But Starc had the last laugh as he held on to a sharp catch on his follow-through to send back Karn for 20 off seven balls. With three runs needed off the last ball, Lockie Ferguson was run out going for the second run, as Salt disturbed the bails air-borne, to give KKR a tight win, with RCB enduring a heartbreak.

(With IANS inputs)