Watch: Gautam Gambhir’s Furious Argument With An Official Goes Viral Following KKR’s Loss
In the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Punjab Kings (PBKS) defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Eden Gardens on Saturday by slamming an undefeated century from Jonny Bairstow. After a horrendous start to the season, Bairstow struck 108 off only 48 balls to help PBKS record 262, the highest-ever IPL chase. With eight wickets and an equal number of balls remaining, the visitors reached the target. Despite the devastating defeat to Punjab on Friday, KKR coach Gautam Gambhir remained mostly composed.
But there was a particular instance when Gambhir lost his composure, and supporters noticed on social media. Following the last ball of the 14th over of KKR’s innings, the event took place.
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Andre Russell rocked back to cut a shorter ball outside off, delivered by PBKS spinner Rahul Chahar past cover. But to stop the ball within the circle, Ashutosh Sharma dove.
Russell promptly stole an overthrow, so Ashutosh’s fast throw to the keeper was a little off. Since he had already signaled the end of the over, the on-field umpires refused to grant KKR the run off the overthrow.
This made Gambhir a little irritated, so he chose to challenge a match official who was positioned close to the bench. Shreyas Iyer, the captain of KKR, was also on the scene.
Gambhir and the fourth umpire had a lengthy altercation before the former skipper of the Kolkata Knight Riders left.
‘Player of the Match’ went to Bairstow, who hammered nine sixes and eight fours.
“It was important that we started off strong. We knew we had to attack hard on the powerplay since they were off to a flyer ourselves,” Bairstow said after the game.
“You have to take chances on the powerplay while chasing 200-plus. Strike it as hard as you can,” he said.
Along with Bairstow, Shashank Singh was impressive with the bat, scoring 68 off of 28 balls without conceding a run and hitting eight sixes and two fours.
