{"id":381,"date":"2025-07-31T16:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/you-will-get-sacked-michael-atherton-takes-hilarious-toss-jibe-at-ravi-shastri-cricket-news-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:11:02","slug":"you-will-get-sacked-michael-atherton-takes-hilarious-toss-jibe-at-ravi-shastri-cricket-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/31\/you-will-get-sacked-michael-atherton-takes-hilarious-toss-jibe-at-ravi-shastri-cricket-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;You Will Get Sacked&#8217;: Michael Atherton Takes Hilarious Toss Jibe At Ravi Shastri | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9476379\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">July 31, 2025, 19:42 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9476379\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4272494126 asubttl-schema\">Michael Atherton has claimed that Ravi Shastri will be sacked after India captain Shubman Gill lost all five tosses in the Test series against England.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4272494126 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ravi Shastri conducted all tosses in the England series (Picture credit: Screengrab from X)\" title=\"Ravi Shastri conducted all tosses in the England series (Picture credit: Screengrab from X)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4272494126\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Ravi Shastri conducted all tosses in the England series (Picture credit: Screengrab from X)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Former England cricketer Michael Atherton has said that former India head coach Ravi Shastri will get sacked after he officiated the tosses and India captain Shubman Gill went on to lose all five of the tosses in the ongoing Test series, which India trail by 1-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pf0\"><span class=\"cf0\">It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricket\/2nd-time-in-21st-century-shubman-gill-equals-virat-kohlis-unwanted-record-after-ws-l-9476049.html\">Gill<\/a>\u2018s fifth toss loss in a row. <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">This was the 14th instance of a side losing all five tosses in a five-Test series; the only previous one in the 21st century came during India\u2019s tour of England in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\"><span class=\"cf0\">Gill not winning a single toss in five attempts wasn\u2019t the end of India\u2019s woes. <\/span><span class=\"cf0\">The Oval toss loss was India\u2019s 15th in a row across formats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><span class=\"cf0\">The last toss that any skipper of the Indian men\u2019s cricket team won was on January 28 in a T20I against England. The captain was Suryakumar Yadav.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\"><span class=\"cf0\">Rohit Sharma did not manage to win a single toss after that. But that made little impact as far as the results were concerned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">\u201c<span class=\"cf0\">Don\u2019t mind losing the toss as long as we win the game. I was a bit confused yesterday about what to do. It was a bit overcast, but the wicket looks good; we\u2019ll look to post good runs in the first innings,&#8221; Gill said at the toss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">\u201c<span class=\"cf0\">You are doing these tosses, you are responsible too. You will get sacked,&#8221; Atherton told Shastri as soon as the latter entered the commentary box after the toss.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">\u201cWhen the coin landed, Gill didn\u2019t look up,&#8221; Shastri chimed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\">Meanwhile, the start of the second session on the opening day of the fifth Test between India and England was delayed because of rain at The Oval on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"13\" class=\"story_para_13\">The umpires inspected the ground and the match eventually resumed at 7:30 pm IST.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4272494126 coral-count-custom\">view comments<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4272494126 atbtlink fp\"><span>First Published:<\/span><\/ul>\n<div class=\"jsx-e71bd712c195739a jsx-4272494126 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricket\/\">cricket<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> &#8216;You Will Get Sacked&#8217;: Michael Atherton Takes Hilarious Toss Jibe At Ravi Shastri<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-9278cad478d6a6dc \">\n<div class=\"jsx-9278cad478d6a6dc coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-9278cad478d6a6dc coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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