'Batting first?': Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel's bromance during DC vs LSG toss goes viral - Watch

Rishabh Pant and Axar Patel's bromance during DC vs LSG toss goes viral. (Photo: JioHotstar)

Delhi Capitals faced off against Lucknow Super Giants in match no. 4 of IPL 2025 on Monday (March 24) at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. DC skipper Axar Patel won the toss and chose to bowl first. During the toss, LSG captain Rishabh Pant playfully teased Axar by asking, “Batting first?” after the coin landed in his favor. A video of their lighthearted exchange is now going viral online.

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IPL 2025: DC vs LSG playing 11s

Lucknow Super Giants (Playing XI): Aiden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant(w/c), David Miller, Prince Yadav, Digvesh Rathi, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi.

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Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Jake Fraser-McGurk, Faf du Plessis, Abhishek Porel(w), Sameer Rizvi, Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohit Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.

Captains after winning the toss

Rishabh Pant: I wanted to bowl first but It's a good wicket so we can bat well and put up a good score. I have played for DC all my life, so a lot of emotions there. Preparations have been well, everyone is in the right shape and in the right frame of mind. Markram, Marsh, Pooran and Miller are our four overseas players.

Axar Patel: We are going to bowl first. It's the dew factor, we don't want to take any risk, that's why we are bowling first. I have played with Pant before, he knows me and I know him. We know our tricks. I have played a lot for the Capitals, we have a well balanced side. There's dew sometimes, not always. I have been with DC since three years, I have been with the leadership group. I need to work accordingly. Need to think like a leader. Faf du Plessis, Stubbs, Starc and Fraser-McGurk are our four overseas.