Ruturaj Gaikwad equals all-time unwanted captaincy record in IPL after losing toss in PBKS vs CSK clash

Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has levelled an all-time unwanted captaincy record in the historical past of the Indian Premier League in the course of the toss ceremony in the Punjab Kings vs Chennai Super Kings clash at HPCA Dharamsala. Gaikwad’s CSK have been requested to bat first after PBKS skipper Sam Curran received the toss in the primary match of the season on the picturesque venue.

While CSK have been compelled to make an unforced change to their Playing XI because of the unavailability of Mustafizur Rahman, Gaikwad has equalled an unwanted record in the historical past of the match. His love affair with losing the tosses has continued even in the sport towards PBKS. Gaikwad has now equalled the record of most tosses misplaced in the primary 11 matches of an IPL. 

The toss-loss towards PBKS was the tenth occasion of Gaikwad losing the flip-of-the-coin in the continuing season of the match. He levelled the record earlier held by solely Sanju Samson, who misplaced 10 tosses as effectively in Rajasthan Royals’ first 10 video games of the season.

Most tosses misplaced in the primary 11 video games of an IPL season

10 – RR in 2022

10 – CSK in 2024

9 – MI in 2011

9 – DC in 2013

Notably after profitable the toss towards CSK, Curran wished to chase to have a greater take a look at the floor. “We’re going to bowl. Day game, try and see how it plays and chase it down. We’ve got the same team. We’ve had two really good wins with the same team. Conditions should be fairly even throughout, it’s about batting, bowling and fielding well,” Curran, who’s the stand-in skipper in the absence of Shikhar Dhawan, stated on the toss.

“We’ve just stuck to our process and doing little things right. We don’t look at the track record of the opposition, we focus on ourselves and see what we can do right. This season there have been a lot of injuries, flus and forced changes so we’ve had to tinker with our team. I’d say losing 10 tosses but winning 5 games is a positive. Santner comes in place of Fizz,” Gaikwad stated after losing one more toss.