{"id":511050,"date":"2026-04-03T16:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511050\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:38:12","slug":"ipl-chennai-crowd-forces-ian-bishop-to-say-sorry-during-csk-vs-pbks-toss-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/511050\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL: Chennai crowd forces Ian Bishop to say ‘sorry’ during CSK vs PBKS toss – Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IPL:CSK vs PBKS toss (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: The toss moment in the IPL 2026 match between Chennai Super Kings<\/a> and Punjab Kings turned unexpectedly chaotic due to the deafening crowd at Chepauk. As captain Ruturaj Gaikwad<\/a> came forward to speak, the noise made it nearly impossible for anyone to hear, creating a light-hearted but awkward delay. <\/p>\n

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Mike Hussey admits CSK were outplayed after batting collapse Toss presenter Ian Bishop had to step closer to Gaikwad and eventually apologised for the delay. \u201cI don’t know. I don’t know how long. Let me come closer. I apologise to the cameras,\u201d he said. He added, \u201cI’m sorry this is dragging on because of the noise and the cheering. I am sorry for not being able to hear you and for dragging this on.\u201d The moment highlighted just how passionate CSK fans are at their home ground.Watch:Meanwhile, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bowl first, citing a fresh pitch and confidence from their previous win.Gaikwad explained his team\u2019s approach, especially the decision to open the batting himself. \u201cThat has been the key for CSK as a franchise\u2026 I felt nothing better than having Sanju and me open the batting. So that was just the thought process behind it,\u201d he said.He also spoke about the pitch conditions: \u201cIt looks a bit on the drier side. And I don’t think it will change too much\u2026 The dew will be a key factor in the second inning. So I think runs on the board and definitely you can defend on this track.\u201dComing off a heavy loss in their first match, CSK are aiming to bounce back, while PBKS look to continue their winning momentum.CSK vs PBKS playing XIs:Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Cooper Connolly, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Marco Jansen, Xavier Bartlett, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Arshdeep Singh, Yuzvendra Chahal.Punjab Kings Impact subs: Suryansh Shedge, Priyansh Arya, Vishnu Vinod, Pravin Dubey, Hemant BrarChennai Super Kings: Sanju Samson (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Noor Ahmed, Matt Henry, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed.Chennai Super Kings Impact subs: Jamie Overton, Rahul Chahar, Matthew Short, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Gurjapneet Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CSK vs PBKS toss (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: The toss moment in the IPL 2026 match between Chennai Super…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[28021,178831,1721,178832,178833,17779,17774,57487,29986,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-511050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-chennai-super-kings","9":"tag-chepauk-crowd","10":"tag-cricket","11":"tag-csk-vs-pbks-toss","12":"tag-ian-bishop-apology","13":"tag-ipl","14":"tag-ipl-2026","15":"tag-punjab-kings","16":"tag-ruturaj-gaikwad","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom","20":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}