By Admin 
India Loss Toss 18th Time: The third ODI between India and Australia is being played in Sydney today on Saturday, 25 October. The Indian cricket team has once again lost the toss in this match. This has happened for the 18th consecutive time, when Team India did not win the toss. Indian captain Shubman Gill has created a world record by losing the 18th toss. Never before today has any team lost 18 consecutive tosses in an ODI.
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India made ‘world record’
Rohit Sharma was in command of India’s ODI team for a long time. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Team India lost 15 consecutive toss in ODI, but even after changing the captain of the Indian team, the trend of losing the toss continues. Shubman Gill has been made the captain in the ODI series against Australia. Gill has also lost the toss in all three ODIs on the Australia tour. After losing the toss in Sydney ODI, the Indian team has lost the toss for the 18th consecutive time.
Where did the trend of losing the toss start?
Ever since the Indian cricket team lost the toss of the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup (ODI World Cup 2023), Team India has not been able to win any toss in ODI. Rohit Sharma was in command of the Indian team in the World Cup 2023. India won all the matches in that World Cup, but Team India had to face defeat in the final. After this final, India has not been able to win the toss in any ODI match.
- India’s streak of losing 18 consecutive toss started from the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup.
- After this, Team India played a 3-match ODI series with South Africa in December 2023, in which Team India lost all three tosses.
- In August 2024, Team India went on Sri Lanka tour to play a three-match ODI series. India could not win even a single toss in this ODI series.
- After Sri Lanka, India played a home series with England in February 2025. In this series, India made a clean sweep and defeated England 3-0, but once again Rohit Sharma could not win any toss in ODI.
- India played five matches including the final in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Even in this entire tournament, India won the title without winning any toss.
- The trend of Indian team continuously losing the toss in ODI is visible in Australia also. Now under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India has lost all the tosses of this three-match ODI series.
In whose name did the record come before India?
The captains of the Indian team have also made a world record in losing the toss. Before India, this record was held by Netherlands. The Netherlands team had lost 11 consecutive toss in ODI between 18 March 2011 and 27 August 2013. India has long left Netherlands behind in this matter. With every toss lost, India is creating a new record.
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