We found a better version of the viral video on the four-hour full match uploaded on OTT streaming platform Disney+Hotstar.
Around 2:30 minutes into the
video, we can see Virat Kohli tossing the coin and Nabi calling ‘head’. The umpire then says it is head and declares Afghanistan as the winner of the toss. Following this, Nabi shakes hands with Kohli. Here we can clearly hear Nabi saying “We will bowl first” to Kohli and Kohli replies: “Okay”. It is also noteworthy that Virat cannot be seen moving his lips during this time. Moreover, both umpires and a commentator are present next to the captains. After this, the commentator can be heard asking Nabi, “It’s head! Nabi, what are you going to
do?”, and Nabi replies, “We will bowl first”.
We also checked the toss session of a few
other matchesin the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021 and found the captain of the team winning the toss telling their decision to the opposing captain before declaring it.
For instance, in the October 29 match held in Dubai between Afghanistan and Pakistan, at around 4:40 minutes into the
match video on Hotstar, we can see Nabi - who won the toss - shaking hands with Pakistan captain Babar Azam and telling him that his team is going to bat first.