{"id":84099,"date":"2024-06-29T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T15:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/watch-ravi-shastri-calls-match-referee-a-punching-bag-at-toss-rohit-sharma-and-aiden-markrams-reactions-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T15:58:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T15:58:08","slug":"watch-ravi-shastri-calls-match-referee-a-punching-bag-at-toss-rohit-sharma-and-aiden-markrams-reactions-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/29\/watch-ravi-shastri-calls-match-referee-a-punching-bag-at-toss-rohit-sharma-and-aiden-markrams-reactions-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Ravi Shastri calls match referee a &#8216;punching bag&#8217; at toss, Rohit Sharma and Aiden Markram&#8217;s reactions&#8230; | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-111367801,imgsize-100990.cms?fit=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Watch: Ravi Shastri calls match referee a &#8216;punching bag&#8217; at toss, Rohit Sharma and Aiden Markram&#8217;s reactions&#8230; | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Watch: Ravi Shastri calls match referee a &#8216;punching bag&#8217; at toss, Rohit Sharma and Aiden Markram&#8217;s reactions&#8230; | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Commentator <!-- -->Ravi Shastri<!-- --> on Saturday yet again delivered a roaring and passionate introduction at the toss, this time at the India vs South Africa <!-- -->T20 World Cup<!-- --> finale in Barbados that left <!-- -->Rohit Sharma<!-- -->, <!-- -->Aiden Markram<!-- --> and even match referee in splits.<br \/>Known for his electrifying monologues, Shastri referred Richie Richardson to a &#8216;potential punching bag&#8217; that floored everyone at the toss proceedings in the final.<br \/>&#8220;In the green corner, ready to land an uppercut for the first time, in South Africa captain Aiden Markram,&#8221; said while introducing Markram. &#8220;And punching all the way through the tournament is Rohit Sharma,&#8221; Shastri said.<br \/>&#8220;West Indies&#8217; very own, the one there to keep things calm and be the potential punching bag is match referee Richie Richardson,&#8221; added Shastri.<\/p>\n<p>India captain Rohit won the toss and opted to bat in the final at the Kensington Oval.<br \/>The toss was held in bright sunshine and with a gusty wind blowing across the 28,000 capacity venue which is expected to be sold out for the game.<br \/>Rohit and his South African counterpart Markram both named unchanged line-ups from the teams which won their respective semi-finals.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Playing XIs<\/span><br \/>India &#8211; Rohit Sharma (captain), Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah<br \/>South Africa &#8211; Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Tabraiz Shamsi<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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