After Virat Kohli episode, why did Gautam Gambhir argue with 4th umpire during RCB vs KKR match

RCB vs KKR, IPL 2024: It wasn’t just Royal Challengers Bengaluru batter Virat Kohli who argued with the umpire during the match against KKR at the Eden Garden in Kolkata on Sunday.

Later in the same innings, towards the fag end of RCB’s chase, KKR mentor Gautam Gambhir was spotted having an animated chat with the fourth umpire neat the dugout, with head coach Chandrakant Pandit joining as well.

The incident happened at the beginning of the 18th over of RCB’s chase when the visitors needed 31 off the last 2 overs with Dinesh Karthik on strike. Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer was spotted gesturing towards the KKR dugout after having a chat with the on-field umpire, indicating something that was not allowed to the home team.

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Gautam Gambhir then charged towards the fourth umpire neat the boundary rope and fiercely argued with him before Pandit joined as well.

While initially, the commentators could not understand what the discussion was about, it was soon announced that KKR wanted Sunil Narine off the field for the final 2 overs and get Rahmanullah Gurbaz as a substitute fielder.

With Narine having completed his quota of 4 overs, KKR wanted an able fielder for the last 2 overs with RCB threatening to chase down the daunting total.

However, the umpire was quick to deny KKR the advantage as Narine turned to the field and Gurbaz went off, leaving Gambhir furious.

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RCB did look favourites to chase down the remaining 31 runs with Dinesh Karthik, who smashed three boundaries and a 6 in his 18-ball 25, at the crease. But with his dismissal before the final over, where RCB needed 21 runs with Karn Sharma and Mohammed Siraj at strike, the result seemed a foregone conclusion.

But the former, with no real pedigree with the bat, hammered three sixes off Mitchell Starc to reduce the margin to three runs off two balls. However, the Aussie redeemed himself taking a return catch to dismiss Karn (20, 7b, 3×6) and Lockie Ferguson was run out of the last ball as RCB ended up at 222 all out in 20 overs.