Virat Kohli condemned a "strange" no-ball blunder by Indian Premier League (IPL) umpires after his side Royal Challengers Bangalore lost to Mumbai Indians on Thursday.
Hosts Bangalore required seven to win the match off the last conveyance when Mumbai's Lasith Malinga bowled a dab ball, however replays recommended the paceman had violated the line.
A no-ball would have given Bangalore one additional kept running as well as a free hit and an opportunity to win they in the end lost by six runs.
"We are playing at the IPL level and not playing club cricket. The umpires ought to have had their eyes open. That is a crazy call at the last ball," Kohli said after the blunder was spotted at the monster screen following the finish of match.
"On the off chance that it is a round of edges, I don't have the foggiest idea what's going on. They ought to have been all the more sharp and cautious out there," he included.
It was on-field umpire Sundaram Ravi, India's solitary delegate in ICC's Elite board, who was in charge of the missed no-ball.
Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma, whose group enrolled their first win of the Twenty20 competition, likewise said such mix-ups were "bad for the diversion".
"There's a TV up there, they need to watch what's going on… Eventually it's bad for the diversion and whatever isn't useful for the amusement, I won't represent that," said Sharma. "Those choices can cost you amusements and those diversions can cost you the competition. We buckle down to win the competition and those sort of missteps are not adequate."
It is the second line in the main seven day stretch of rivalry of the world's most mainstream T20 class after the 'Mankad' expulsion of England batsman Jos Buttler that likewise brought the umpiring into inquiry.
Rajasthan Royals' Buttler was run out while backing up at the non-strikers end by Indian spinner and Kings XI Punjab chief Ravichandran Ashwin who whipped the safeguards off before bowling his conveyance.
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