Former Team India coach and commentator Ravi Shastri goofed up royally during the toss in the IPL 2025 final at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. A video of the same went viral on social media as the former Indian all-rounder wrongly announced that Punjab Kings had opted to bat first before correcting it and netizens trolled him for it.
One of the best commentators going around, the 62-year-old had officiated the toss in the last four matches - final, Qualifier 2, Eliminator and Qualifier 1. However, the ex-Indian coach messed up right after captains Shreyas Iyer and Rajat Patidar walked away after the toss.
Watch the video here:
Here are some of the reactions by the netizens:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru lose Phil Salt and Mayank Agarwal
Meanwhile, the Royal Challengers Bengaluru have lost Phil Salt (16) and Mayank Agarwal (24) after Shreyas Iyer opted to bowl first in Ahmedabad. Salt had looked dangerous from the first over by smashing Arshdeep Singh for a four and six but Kyle Jamieson got the better of him. Yuzvendra Chahal, meanwhile, dismissed Agarwal in his first over.
Both Shreyas Iyer and Rajat Patidar have announced unchanged playing elevens.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar(c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma(w), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood.
Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.
