Toss Drama! RCB Captain put his hand on the wrong team sheet, makes bizarre blunder in LSG clash. Cricket news

New Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore Stand-in Captain Jitesh Sharma won the toss and the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match 70 opted to bowl first against Lucknow Super veterans RCB made two changes to play, regularly starting on the bench with captain Rajat Patidar and is likely to be used as an impact option. Despite recovering from the injury, Josh Hazlewood was released, while Liam Livingstone replaced Tim David and Nuwan Thaushara came for Lungi Cash.“We will enter the field first. Looks like a good wicket, we will imagine to chase. Silver Patidar is our impact player. Winning and making it in the top -2. Tim David is remembered, Liam comes in, so he thusra, he replaces the cash that left the team, “Jitesh Sharma said.

Lucknow super veteran captain Rishabh Pant said that the team will stick to its aggressive style playing style. LSG also made two changes in its eleven, in which Matthew Bretzke and Digwesh Rathi were coming.“We do not object to batting or bowling first, we have a glimpse of the capacity in our previous game, but every match is a learning state, until the last ball is bowled, we will give our 100 percent. Some changes – some changes – Bretz is in and Digwesh Rathi is back,” said the pant.Drama in the tossThe drama had a moment during the toss.Jitesh Sharma announced that the silver Patidar would come as a player during the second innings. However, the official team sheet listed Patidar among the initial XI. This confusion occurred because Jitesh accidentally handed over the RCB batting-team sheet to the match referee.As RCB was earlier fielding, he quickly corrected the error by depositing the appropriate team sheet after receiving approval from the LSG team management.The entire mix-up was raised and pronounced by commentators on live television.RCB team sheet:

Play xis:Lucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (WK, Capt), Nicholas Gadan, Michel Marsh, Matthew Bretzke, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Digvesh Rathi, Avesh Khan, William O’RurkeImpact option: Yuvraj Chaudhary, Arshin Kulkarni, Akash Singh, Prince Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Phil Salat, Virat Kohli, Mayank Agarwal, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Romario Shepherd, Krunal Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yash Dayal, Nuwan Thaushara, Suyash SharmaImpact option: Tim Safart, Swapnil Singh, Silver Patidar, Rasikh Salaam, Manoj Bhandez