IND vs NZ: Rohit Sharma's unlucky toss streak..!?

 Indian team captain rohit sharma lost the toss against new zealand in the final of the 2025 Champions Trophy series. With this, the indian team has lost the toss 15 times in a row in ODIs. It is noteworthy that such an event has never happened in the world. Before this, the maximum number of times a team had lost the toss in ODIs was only 11. However, the indian team has now broken that record and has lost the toss 15 times. Many people have been shocked after analyzing this in the accounting system. Because, according to the probability calculation, it is said that this will happen only once in 32,768. If we calculate this in percentage terms, the chance of this happening is 0.00305 percent. This is an unbelievable probability calculation for the indian team.
Rohit Sharma has lost the toss 12 times in a row. Its probability percentage is 0.0244 percent. This does not happen that easily. Moreover, by achieving this bad record, rohit sharma has equaled Brian Lara's 26-year record. Brian Lara had lost 12 consecutive ODI tosses during the period from october 1998 to May 1999, when he was the captain of the west indies team. rohit sharma has now equaled that bad record.
At that time, the west indies team did not lose the toss continuously. Because, in between, other captains led the west indies team instead of Lara. They won the toss. Therefore, the west indies team did not lose the toss 12 times in a row. Brian Lara, who was the captain of that team, was the only one who lost. But, now the indian team has lost the toss 15 times in a row. Captain rohit sharma has lost the toss 12 times in a row. In between, KL rahul captained the indian team for three ODIs. In those matches, the indian team also lost the toss. This tragedy continues from the 2023 world cup final.

But, the fact that the indian team has won most of these matches is a positive thing. Now, since the indian team has won four consecutive matches in the Champions Trophy series, fans have started saying that it is a good thing for rohit sharma to lose the toss. new zealand won the toss in the 2025 Champions Trophy final. The team chose to bat first. new zealand made that decision because it was difficult to chase on the dubai ground. No change was made in the playing eleven in the indian team. In the new zealand team, fast bowler Matt Henry was ruled out due to injury. Nathan Smith has been included in the team in his place.
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Sowmiya Sriram

09/03/2025 03:54 PM