IPL 2023: WATCH – KKR-RCB clash starts with confusion as match referee hears Faf du Plessis' call wrong at toss

RCB skipper Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bowl first.

The 9th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) started with a bit of misunderstanding at the Eden Gardens on Thursday (April 6) as match referee Shakti Singh heard the wrong call from visiting skipper Faf du Plessis at the toss.

Du Plessis apparently called heads at the toss and it came as heads but the match referee somehow heard the RCB captain calling it tails, which led to confusion.

Former India cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, who was conducting the toss, did hear the call though, and confirmed that it was Faf who won it.

Here’s the video:

“Going to have a bowl. Bit of a misunderstanding with the accent there (confusion at the toss). Was dew last night. Hoping it will get skiddy in the second innings. That's a long way away. Today is a completely new game. Really motivated to put in a good performance,” Faf du Plessis said while speaking to Manjrekar at the toss.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy