Question

why is tossing the coin consider to be fair way of deciding which captain can choose to ball or bat in cricket match

Answer 1

The reason is- probability. tossing of coin depends completely on probability.So name of any captain can come

Answer 2

As their are only 2 teams in cricket and also tossing a coin will give us only 2 outcomes i.e head and tail
so tossing a coin considered as a fair way to decide.