Those lingering images from the 2011 World Cup final resurfaced quickly on Friday evening when a toss went wrong during the Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan Royals Qualifier 2 at the New Chandigarh Stadium. Just as the coin was flipped by GT skipper Shubman Gill, the call from RR captain Riyan Parag could not be picked up by match referee Prakash Bhatt, forcing officials to repeat the procedure. Rajasthan ultimately won the toss and chose to bat, but Gill\u2019s body language said it all\u2014he looked distinctly frustrated, as if the first attempt had gone his way and the second one had cost him that advantage.<\/p>\n
The sequence of events echoed the famous re-toss drama from international cricket. In the Qualifier 2 clash, Gill flipped the coin, yet Parag\u2019s decision wasn\u2019t audible enough for the referee. With that communication gap, the match had to do the toss all over again. After the repeat, Rajasthan Royals secured the choice to bat first, while Gill appeared visibly upset about the turnaround.<\/p>\n
The most iconic precedent for a repeated toss came on April 2, 2011, when India faced Sri Lanka in the World Cup final at Mumbai\u2019s Wankhede Stadium. In that match, New Zealand\u2019s Jeff Crowe failed to hear Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara\u2019s call, leading to the coin being flipped again. What made the moment especially striking was the reaction from India captain MS Dhoni\u2014he initially believed he had won the toss and indicated a desire to bat first, only to be told by Crowe that the decision needed to be redone because the call hadn\u2019t been heard.<\/p>\n
While re-tosses are rare, IPL history has seen a few strange precedents for different reasons. In 2022, broadcaster Nick Knight was still introducing teams when RCB captain Faf du Plessis\u2014apparently hurrying\u2014flicked the coin. He was then asked to repeat the toss. Notably, Rajasthan Royals were also part of that tournament match scenario.<\/p>\n
Last season, Rajasthan Royals were again caught in a toss-related mishap, this time against Lucknow Super Giants. Their then captain, Rishabh Pant, forgot to call it while the coin was still in the air, and the toss had to be redone as a result.<\/p>\n
Toss controversies have also cropped up beyond the IPL. During last year\u2019s Women\u2019s Asia Cup, the India vs Pakistan game in Dambulla, Sri Lanka saw a major disagreement at the toss. Fatima Sana called \u201ctails,\u201d but the referee heard \u201cheads,\u201d which turned out to be the correct decision\u2014so Pakistan sent India in to bat. The mistake wasn\u2019t noticed right away, and by the time it was realised, India\u2019s innings had already begun, meaning the procedure couldn\u2019t be repeated.<\/p>\n
Back in the Gujarat Titans dressing-room zone, the blame for the communication error was widely linked to Parag not voicing the call clearly enough. Broadcaster and former cricketer Ravi Shastri also didn\u2019t hear Parag\u2019s call and appeared equally bewildered when he understood what had happened. Gill, for his part, didn\u2019t attempt to hide his disappointment after the re-toss.<\/p>\n
After the match, Gill later ran into BCCI president Mithun Manhas on his way out of the field. The interaction looked like Gill laid out the full incident to the former Delhi batter, while Manhas seemed amused by the situation.<\/p>\n
Those lingering images from the 2011 World Cup final resurfaced quickly on Friday evening when a toss went wrong during the Gujarat Titans vs Rajasthan…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_title":"IPL 2024: GT vs RR Qualifier 2 Toss Blunder Recall","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Recall the 2011 final toss drama as a GT vs RR Qualifier 2 coin-blunder forces a retoss, setting up Rajasthan\u2019s batting choice in IPL 2024.","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl"],"yoast_head":"\n