Toss drama in IPL Qualifier 2 as referee fails to hear Riyan Parag
He didn’t allow the camera to focus on the coin but it was clearly visible that it had landed on Tails, which would’ve meant a win for Gill. Instead, Bhatt asked the coin to be spun again. Parag called Heads once more and this time, he had called it right. Parag chose to bat first and Gill admitted in his interview with Ravi Shastri that he would’ve chosen to do the same.
“We would have batted first as well. 40 overs of play has already been [played] on the wicket and we didn’t think it’s gonna change much, but unfortunately, I don’t think the referee heard the call from Riyan,” he said.
🚨Toss update from New Chandigarh 🚨@rajasthanroyals won the toss and elected to bat first against @gujarat_titans
Parag said that RR are unchanged, despite stating that several players, including himself, are “hanging by a thread” in regards to their fitness. Gill, meanwhile, said that GT have brought back spinner Sai Kishore.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Riyan Parag (c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jogra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja.
Gujarat Titans: Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed Siraj
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