SRK faced flak for doing so and netizens slammed him for being a role model and smoking publicly. A lot of them appealed to BCCI to take adequate action against SRK. KKR won the match by 4 runs. The team successfully managed to defend a total of 208 runs.
Sunil Gavaskar wasn t too pleased with Harshit Rana s gesture. The India legend said, "He should not have done that. Did the batsman do anything to him when he was hitting him for sixes? Cricket can be played without these antics. It s the age of television. I understand that. Celebrate with your teammates but no need for such antics for the opposition."
Sandeep Sharma's no-ball that drove SRH to victory in the last delivery had IPL fans recalling the similar moment that occurred during CSK vs RCB match in 2013.