In an unusual sight, sandstorm rocked Sharjah and forced a delay in the toss for the 35th match of the IPL 2021 between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).
CSK captain MS Dhoni and RCB skipper Virat Kohli were all set for the toss when a sandstorm arrived and made things uneasy for everyone in the stadium.
The sudden change in weather conditions might have troubled the fans, but it also gave them a moment to rejoice as Dhoni and Kohli were seen having a heartwarming conversation out there in the park.
Taking to Twitter, the official account of IPL posted a video, in which Dhoni and Kohli can be seen having a long chat, which also made the fans nostalgic.
The toss eventually happened at 7:30 IST, delayed by 30 minutes. CSK won the toss and invited RCB to bat first.
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood
Royal Challengers Bangalore (Playing XI): Virat Kohli(c), Devdutt Padikkal, Srikar Bharat(w), Glenn Maxwell, AB de Villiers, Tim David, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal