A short break on the toss caught the attention of the commentator. Ravi Shastri He seemed to forget his name. Chennai Super Kings The captain Rituraj Gaikwad During the IPL 2026 match against Mumbai Indians on Thursday.Conducting the toss, Shastri introduced the Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya But stopped for a while before naming Gaekwad.“For the Blues (MI), it’s Hardik Pandya, for the Yellows,” Shastri paused before naming “Rutoraj Gaekwad”.Pandya won the toss and elected to bowl first in a match between two five-time champions.Mumbai Indians fielded with the same playing XI from their previous game, with Rohit Sharma missing for the third straight match due to a hamstring problem.For Chennai Super Kings, MS Dhoni is still recovering from a calf strain and has not played a game in IPL 2026.Addressing the toss, Pandya said, “We are going to bowl first. I think a lot of boxes were ticked (in the last match against GT) there was intensity, I think we need a game where everyone comes and puts their chips in. Yes, we had a great game. Yes, I think it was a conscious effort.” That it doesn’t matter what we want to control you just enjoy your performance.Gaekwad said, “We would have bowled first, but it was a 50-50 call. It looks like a good wicket and coming here to the Wankhede Stadium, you have to bat well whether you are batting first or bowling first. So it is just about doing well whether you are batting first. We are not able to do well in that.” moments.”TeamsMumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Naman Dhir, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Sherfin Rutherford, Mitchell Santner, Jasprit Bumrah, Krish Bhagat, AM Ghazanfar and Ashwini Kumar.Chennai Super Kings: Rituraj Gaikwad (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Sarfraz Khan, Devald Brews, Shiv Dubey, Karthik Sharma, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh and Mukesh Chaudhary.
