Team India, captained by Shreyas Iyer, is playing the first T20 against Zimbabwe in Harare. In the match, Indian captain Shreyas Iyer won the toss and decided to bowl. With this, Iyer made a record which very few players have been able to achieve. With 8 consecutive wins, Iyer became the third player to get his name written on the record.

Iyer is playing the 8th T20 match for India as captain. They have won the toss in all 8 matches. With this, Iyer became the third captain of full member teams who has won 8 consecutive tosses. However, it is worth noting that in the last 7 matches, the team has not won a single match under his captaincy.

Shreyas Iyer’s record of winning the toss

Among the full member teams, only Darren Sammy (10) of West Indies and Salman Aga (9) of Pakistan have won more toss consecutively than Shreyas Iyer. Now it will be interesting to see whether Iyer is able to make this record by winning the toss in the next three matches or not.

Shreyas Iyer’s poor record as captain

Shreyas became the captain of India by replacing T20 World Cup winner Suryakumar Yadav. He started his captaincy in June 2026 through a 2-match T20 series played on the Ireland tour. This was Iyer’s first T20 series as India’s T20 captain. Team India had to face defeat by 0-2 in this series. Team India lost the series against Ireland in any format for the first time.

After this, India played a series of 5 T20 matches on the England tour. The first match of the series remained inconclusive due to rain. Team India had to face defeat in the remaining 4 matches. In this way, the Men in Blue had to face 0-4 defeat in the T20 series against England. Now it will be interesting to see when Iyer gets his first win.

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