Watch: Shreyas Iyer argues with Brendon McCullum for sending Shivam Mavi ahead of Pat Cummins

The 20th match of the Indian T20 league 2022 turned out to be an absolute cracker of a contest. The game went up to the last over as both teams seemed adamant about registering two more points. However, at the end, Rajasthan managed to defeat Kolkata by seven runs. They have now won four out of their six games so far in this edition.

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Having said that, the two-time champions put on a superb fight as they nearly chased down a mammoth total of 218. It was their captain Shreyas Iyer who led from the front. He was at his fluent best as the Indian batter scored 85 runs from just 51 balls. Just when he looked set to take his team to a memorable victory, Rajasthan's Yuzvendra Chahal produced a remarkable ball to get rid of him.

After which, he completed his hat-trick, and took a fifer as well. After the loss, Iyer was seen arguing with Kolkata's head coach Brendon McCullum. The fans generally haven't seen him lose his cool too often. However, the 27-year-old was visibly frustrated.

A video of the same went viral as well. In the clip, Iyer was seemingly complaining about something to McCullum. The Kiwi legend however didn't have too much to say. Kolkata's skipper could be seen holding his bat and helmet.

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Iyer then drew light on the game after the completion of the game. He stated that he planned to bat till the end. While mentioning that the other batters had to start hitting from ball one, he also spoke about how he and Aaron Finch built a good partnership early on.

"I think from the start we got, we really were going well according to the run-rate. Finchy was good but once he was out, we slowed down a bit. We lacked a bit over there, but it's a part of the game. Unfortunately, we couldn't click. My plan was to bat through the end, the opposite batsman had to take it on from ball one.

Dew didn't play a big role tonight. Amazing wicket to bat on. Unfortunately Brabourne hasn't been great for us. Hopefully, we will come back hard in the coming games. There is a lot of pressure and I love pressure. I just wanted to set an example, doesn't matter whatever score they get. If they can get it, I can get it as well. That's how I was thinking," said Shreyas Iyer.