{"id":101382,"date":"2026-04-03T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/04\/03\/ipl-chennai-crowd-forces-ian-bishop-to-say-sorry-during-csk-vs-pbks-toss-watch-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:42:52","slug":"ipl-chennai-crowd-forces-ian-bishop-to-say-sorry-during-csk-vs-pbks-toss-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/04\/03\/ipl-chennai-crowd-forces-ian-bishop-to-say-sorry-during-csk-vs-pbks-toss-watch-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL: Chennai crowd forces Ian Bishop to say &#8216;sorry&#8217; during CSK vs PBKS toss &#8211; Watch | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130003164,imgsize-60052,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/csk-vs-pbks-toss-screengrab.jpg\" alt=\"IPL: Chennai crowd forces Ian Bishop to say 'sorry' during CSK vs PBKS toss - Watch\" title=\"CSK vs PBKS toss (Screengrab) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"CSK vs PBKS toss (Screengrab) \">CSK vs PBKS toss (Screengrab) <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The toss moment in the IPL 2026 match between <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/chennai-super-kings\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Chennai Super Kings<\/a> and Punjab Kings turned unexpectedly chaotic due to the deafening crowd at Chepauk. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>As captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ruturaj-gaikwad\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ruturaj Gaikwad<\/a> came forward to speak, the noise made it nearly impossible for anyone to hear, creating a light-hearted but awkward delay.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Toss presenter Ian Bishop had to step closer to Gaikwad and eventually apologised for the delay. \u201cI don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t know how long. Let me come closer. I apologise to the cameras,\u201d he said. He added, \u201cI&#8217;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 <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>The moment highlighted just how passionate CSK fans are at their home ground.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>Watch:<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Meanwhile, PBKS captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and chose to bowl first, citing a fresh pitch and confidence from their previous win.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>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.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>He also spoke about the pitch conditions: \u201cIt looks a bit on the drier side. And I don&#8217;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.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>Coming off a heavy loss in their first match, CSK are aiming to bounce back, while PBKS look to continue their winning momentum.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">CSK vs PBKS playing XIs:<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>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.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Punjab Kings Impact subs: Suryansh Shedge, Priyansh Arya, Vishnu Vinod, Pravin Dubey, Hemant Brar<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>Chennai 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.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>Chennai Super Kings Impact subs: Jamie Overton, Rahul Chahar, Matthew Short, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Gurjapneet Singh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-chennai-crowd-forces-ian-bishop-to-say-sorry-during-csk-vs-pbks-toss-watch\/articleshow\/130002885.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSK vs PBKS toss (Screengrab) NEW DELHI: The toss moment in the IPL 2026 match between Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings turned unexpectedly chaotic due to the deafening crowd&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/csk-vs-pbks-toss-screengrab.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}