The Indian ODI team is on a surprising ‘losing streak’. Grounds changed, captains changed, but in the India vs Australia ODI match played on 25 October, Team India lost the toss for the 18th consecutive time. This has become a world record in itself. Shubman Gill was playing his first ODI series as captain, but he lost all three toss in the series against Australia. Now former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin says that Gill needs to practice toss and not net practice.

While discussing with a renowned sports journalist, Ravichandran Ashwin said, “Shubman Gill lost all three toss in the Australia series, this Indian ODI team has lost the toss for the 18th consecutive time. Who loses so many tosses brother? Actually, they do not have to practice net, they have to practice toss.”

When did Team India last win the toss?

The Indian team last won the toss in an ODI match in 2023. That was the semi-final of the 2023 ODI World Cup, in which Rohit Sharma won the toss of the match against New Zealand. Almost two years have passed since then, but the trend of Indian captains losing the toss continues unabated. India had lost the toss for the 18th consecutive time in the Sydney ODI match, although Team India was victorious in the match by 9 wickets. Rohit Sharma’s 121 runs and Virat Kohli’s unbeaten innings of 74 runs ensured the victory of Team India.

As captain, Shubman Gill’s winning percentage in the toss has been ‘zero’. Gill was seen captaining the Test team for the first time on the England tour. The Test series was tied 2-2, but Gill lost the toss in all five matches. Now in his first ODI series as captain, he has lost all three toss.

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Shubman Gill lost the toss in India vs Australia third ODI, he had also lost the toss in the first and second ODI played in Perth and Adelaide respectively. Although the trend of losing the toss did not start from this series, nor is it happening from this year, even last year (2024) India could not win the toss. Let us tell you when India last won the toss in ODI.

India has lost the toss in ODIs 18 consecutive times, this is a record. No team has ever lost more consecutive tosses than this. The second team to lose the most number of toss consecutively in ODI is Netherlands, which has lost the toss 11 consecutive times.

When did India last win the toss in ODI?

The process of losing the toss started from the India vs Australia match itself. November 19, 2023 was a painful day for Indian fans in the history of cricket, it was the final match of ODI World Cup 2023. India had lost this match. Rohit Sharma also lost the toss in this match, whereas earlier in the semi-final match against New Zealand, India had won the toss.

India won the toss for the last time in ODI on November 15, 2023, this was the semi-final match of the World Cup. In this, India reached the final by defeating New Zealand by 70 runs, but lost to Australia in the final.

Toss is also a reason for India’s defeat in Australia!

By winning the first 2 matches in the 3-match series, Australia had already taken an unassailable 2-0 lead. One reason for India’s series defeat was losing the toss, because there were overcast conditions in Perth and Adelaide. In the first match, the match had to be stopped 4 times in India’s innings. In both the matches, Australian captain Mitchell Marsh won the toss and decided to bowl first. In the third ODI he chose to bat first.