Rishabh Pant forces Riyan Parag to toss the coin a second time

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant forced Rajasthan Royals (RR) stand-in skipper Riyan Parag to toss the coin a second time as the teams

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) skipper Rishabh Pant had Rajasthan Royals (RR) stand-in captain Riyan Parag to toss coin a second time as the two sides met in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 on Saturday, April 14.

The first time Riyan flipped the coin, it didn’t turn much and Pant chose not to make a call. Pant was even heard telling the same to Riyan as the duo shared a light moment in the middle. Simon Doull then had to ask the RR captain to flip it for another time as the LSG skipper called Tails and won the toss, opting to bat first.

Here is a video of the incident:

🚨 Toss 🚨@LucknowIPL won the toss and elected to bat against @rajasthanroyals

Updates ▶️ https://t.co/02MS6IBY0N#TATAIPL | #RRvLSG pic.twitter.com/eNRkH8djGZ— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 14, 2025

Speaking about the changes in the LSG Playing XI, they’ve made one alteration to the lineup from their last outing, which was the loss against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

Pant confirmed that young pacer Prince Yadav has been included against the Royals in place of Akash Deep.

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.

Impact Subs: Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya, Kunal Singh Rathore.

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.

Impact Subs: Ayush Badoni, Mayank Yadav, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh.