Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Nitish Rana Unhappy With "Misunderstanding" At Toss vs RCB, Faf Du Plessis Clarifies
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The match number 9 of IPL 2023 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore witnessed a strange incident when skipper Faf du Plessis' call at the toss was not clearly heard by the match referee.
The match number 9 of IPL 2023 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore witnessed a strange incident when skipper Faf du Plessis' call at the toss was not clearly heard by the match referee Shakti Singh. However, Sanjay Manjrekar, commentator for the official broadcaster at the toss, did hear Faf's call and it was soon cleared that the RCB skipper had won the coin flip. Meanwhile, KKR skipper Nitish Rana seemed unhappy with the entire series of events before he gave space to toss winning captain du Plessis to reveal his decision. #RCB have won the toss and elect to bowl first against #KKR at the Eden Gardens.Live - https://t.co/V0OS7tFZTB #TATAIPL #KKRvRCB #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/dmdLoz53QN
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"Going to have a bowl. Bit of a misunderstanding with the accent there (confusion at the toss)," said the RCB skipper in clarification.
"Was dew last night. Hoping it will get skiddy in the second innings. That's a long way away. Today is a completely new game. Really motivated to put in a good performance. Forced change with (Reece) Topley being injured. (David) Willey comes in," said Faf.
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