‘Tune ase hi fek diya’: RR vs LSG toss slip-up leaves Riyan Parag, Rishabh Pant in splits – Watch | Cricket News

Riyan Parag and Rishabh Pant at toss (BCCI Photo)

NEW DELHI: The Rajasthan Royals vs Lucknow Super Giants conflict in IPL 2025 on Saturday started with an sudden second of laughter, due to a toss blooper that had Rishabh Pant and Riyan Parag cracking up on the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur.
As stand-in skipper Riyan Parag stepped as much as flip the coin, he, fairly actually, fumbled it.
The coin barely spun in the air, prompting Rishabh Pant to chorus from making a name. The toss referee known as for a redo. On the second try, Pant known as “tails” and nailed it.
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Laughing proper after the failed try, Pant couldn’t assist however tease Parag: “Tune aise hi fek diya, spin bhi kar yaar!” — roughly translating to, “You just tossed it like that, at least make it spin!”
The second introduced smiles throughout and set a lightweight-hearted tone earlier than an intense conflict.
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Rajasthan additionally made headlines by naming Vaibhav Suryavanshi, a 14-yr-previous prodigy, as their influence substitute.
At simply 14 years and 23 days, he turns into the youngest-ever participant to be named in an IPL matchday squad. While he didn’t begin, Parag hinted that the teen could be introduced in through the chase.
At the toss, Parag defined his resolution: “We were looking to bowl first. It’s a little warm under lights, and we’re comfortable chasing here. Vaibhav comes in today. We’ve had honest team chats and are looking to click together.”

Pant, in the meantime, appeared assured in his name to bat first: “The wicket looked dry, so we want to take early advantage. There’s no dew expected. We’re focusing on improving the little things — that’s been our missing piece.”
Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Ravi Bishnoi, Shardul Thakur, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Singh Rathi, Avesh Khan
Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubham Dubey, Riyan Parag(c), Nitish Rana, Dhruv Jurel(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Wanindu Hasaranga, Jofra Archer, Maheesh Theekshana, Sandeep Sharma, Tushar Deshpande