Captain of Lucknow Supergiants Rishabh Pant Found in an awkward but funny exchange with the Observer Ian Bishop Before the toss against LSG’s IPL 2026 Rajasthan Royals After being asked about the senior pacer’s absence on Tuesday Muhammad Shami From the playing eleven.Rajasthan Royals stand-in captain Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and elected to bowl first. RR’s regular captain Ryan Prag was ruled out of the match after suffering a hamstring injury in the previous match, while Ravindra Jadeja was also unavailable as he recovered from “a few niggles”. RR made three changes with Sandeep Sharma, Sushant Mishra and Luan Dre Pretorius coming into the playing XI.LSG also made two changes as Mohsin Khan replaced Shami, while Ayush Baduni came on for Aiden Markram.During the toss, Pant confirmed that Shami had been dismissed. However, the conversation quickly became muddled when Bishop asked the reason for the fast bowler’s departure.The exchange went like this:Pant: Shami is not playing, Mohsin is playing.Bishop: What is the problem with the Syrian?Pant: YesBishop: What is the problem with the Syrian?Pant: MohsinBishop: No, what is the problem with the Syrian?Pant: (looks upset)Bishop: Who’s out?Pant: Shami is out, Mohsin is playing.Bishop: Yes I am asking…Pant: Eden is out, Baduni is in.Bishop: Well, we can leave it there.Pant: (nodding)The moment quickly went viral on social media, with fans reacting to Pant’s confused answers and Bishop’s repeated attempts to get clarification on Shami’s absence.Rajasthan Royals came into the match fifth on the points table, while Lucknow Supergiants were already out of the playoff race.
