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Former India cricketer and head coach Ravi Shastri had an epic brain-fade moment during the IPL 2025 final between the Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB). PBKS skipper Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl first at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad.
Ravi Shastri announced that PBKS had chosen to bat first
However, Shastri ended up making a big mistake and announced that the Punjab-based franchise had opted to bat first after winning the toss. Though he quickly corrected himself, the moment ended up being quite hilarious.
After winning the toss, Iyer revealed that the team have been trying to keep calm ahead of the all-important final. He revealed that he has already envisioned himself lifting the IPL trophy after emerging victorious in the penultimate match.
"I want to give positive signs to my mind and body. I feel it's an amazing day, here at the moment. Crowd here is electrifying, just want to cherish. Boys in a brilliant mindset. All we talked in the meeting was about how keeping calm gives the best results. That's been the message throughout. We hope to embrace the occasion. I'm absolutely fine. I want to say it's just another game, but it's a final, we're gonna play it like a final. It's going to be a tremendous feeling, just thinking about lifting the trophy. Already envisioned it, all in the mind right now. Want to go out and execute to the best of our abilities," Iyer said at the toss.
After losing the toss, RCB skipper Rajat Patidar stated that he would have also opted to bowl if he would have won. He also stated that even though it is a final, their team, is perceiving it as just another game and will try their best to win like they do in every match.
"We also wanted to bowl. Surface looks hard. Will try to put on a good total. Till now we've played well, it's just another game for us. We'll give it our best. It's a big stage but it's just another away game for us. Everyone's played well till now, will try to do the same now. Same team. Looks a good pitch, flat, mix of red and black soil. Should be good to bat," Patidar said at the toss.
Starting XI for RCB in IPL final:Ā PhilĀ Salt, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarawal, Rajat Patidar (c), Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Josh Hazlewood
Starting XI for PBKS in IPL final: Priyansh Arya, Josh InglisĀ (wk), Shreyas Iyer (c), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Kyle Jamieson, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra ChahalĀ Ā
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