Gujarat Titans (GT) are playing against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 Qualifier 2 fixture on Friday, May 29 at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur. However, a controversy erupted even before play was started.
Confusion erupts at toss
The toss had to be conducted twice because of an unusual mix-up. In the first attempt, GT skipper Shubman Gill flipped the coin while RR captain Riyan Parag called for heads. The coin, however, landed on tails. Moments later, the match referee asked for a re-toss after revealing that he had not clearly heard Parag's call during the first attempt, leading to the process repeated.
GT skipper Shubman Gill clearly was not happy with the re-toss, as he clearly won in the first attempt. However, at las RR skipper emerged as winner and opted to bat first against the Shubman Gill-led side in a high-octane game.
Here is the video of the hilarious moment:
Rajasthan 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
RR's Impact substitutes: Shubham Dubey, Sushant Mishra, Aman Perala, Ravi Bishnoi, Tushar Deshpande
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 Siraj
GT's Impact substitutes: Rahul Tewatia, Glenn Phillips, Anuj Rawat, Kumar Kushagra, Arshad Khan