Drama before first ball! RR win controversial re-toss against GT in Qualifier 2

A unusual infinitesimal created disorder and contention astatine the flip up of the Rajasthan Royals versus Gujarat Titans clash aft the coin flip had to beryllium conducted twice. Rajasthan Royals skipper Riyan Parag had made the telephone during the archetypal toss, but lucifer referee Prakash Bhatt stated that the telephone was not heard intelligibly enough.

With uncertainty implicit the archetypal call, the officials decided to redo the flip altogether.

The 2nd flip erstwhile again went Rajasthan Royals’ way, with Parag winning it earlier opting to bat archetypal connected the aforesaid aboveground that hosted the Eliminator earlier successful the tournament. The incidental instantly became a talking constituent due to the fact that of the value of the flip connected a utilized transportation expected to dilatory down importantly during the 2nd innings. Interestingly, Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill aboriginal admitted his broadside would besides person preferred to bat first. “We would person batted archetypal arsenic well. Forty overs of cricket already connected this wicket and it won't behave differently,” Gill said aft the toss. Parag, meanwhile, backed Rajasthan’s determination to enactment runs connected the committee first. “We volition bat first. Pretty overmuch the aforesaid wicket, but I deliberation it slows down astatine the backend, and we person the bowlers for it,” Parag said. With conditions expected to get tougher for batting aboriginal successful the game, the antithetic re-toss lone added other play earlier the high-stakes encounter.

Teams:Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada, Prasidh Krishna, Mohammed SirajRajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Dhruv Jurel(w), Riyan Parag(c), Donovan Ferreira, Dasun Shanaka, Ravindra Jadeja, Jofra Archer, Nandre Burger, Brijesh Sharma, Yash Raj Punja