The ongoing IPL 2024 has been hit by allegations of toss tampering as several fans alleged that the toss result was changed by umpire Javagal Srinath during the match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. The allegations were debunked by social media users who provided video evidence against the claims. While fans provided evidence for and against the claim on social media, the issue once again came to the fore during MI’s match against Punjab Kings on Thursday. After the toss, PBKS stand-in captain Sam Curran stepped forward and checked the result himself before the coin was collected by the match referee.
The broadcasters also decided to amplify the result and clearly show that PBKS had won the toss and chose to enter the field.
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Punjab Kings win the toss and decide to bowl against Mumbai Indians.
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“We will have a bowl. Keeping with the trend of the tournament. Shikhar is not well so that is the only injury and Rilee comes in for Jonny today. It is not good to lose close games but we are doing a lot of the right things. (Atharva) Taide leaves the team, just some tactical changes,” said Curran.
This isn’t the first time allegations of launch tampering have made headlines, as a video showing a conversation between Faf and Pat Cummins convinced several fans that they were talking about the coin toss.
Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians:Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Mohammad Nabi, Gerald Coetzee, Shreyas Gopal and Jasprit Bumrah
Substitutes: Akash Madhwal, Nuwan Sohara, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla and Naman Dhir
Kings of Punjab: Rilee Rossouw, Prabhsimran Singh, Sam Curran (captain), Jitesh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Liam Livingstone, Shashank Singh, Ashutosh Sharma, Harpreet Brar, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada and Arshdeep Singh
Substitutes: Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Rishi Dhawan and Vidwath Kaverappa
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