The third and last ODI match is being played between India and Australia in Sydney. In this match, once again the Indian captain lost the toss. This is the 18th time in a row that the captain of Team India has not been able to win the toss in ODI. At the same time, this is the third consecutive time in this ongoing series with Australia that India has lost the toss.
Gill’s bad record continues
Indian Captain Shubhman Gill In the 10 matches he has captained this year, he has won the toss only once. On the England tour, he lost the toss in all five test matches. Then Shubman lost the toss in the Ahmedabad test match against West Indies. However, Shubman was definitely successful in winning the toss in the Delhi Test match. Now on the Australia tour, he could not win the toss in all three matches.
India lost the toss for the 18th time
India has lost the toss for the 18th consecutive time in One Day International. India last won the toss on 15 November 2023, when India faced New Zealand in the ODI World Cup semi-finals. After that, India lost the toss against Australia in the World Cup final on 19 November 2023, from where this sequence started. According to statistics, the probability of losing the toss 18 times in a row is only 1/131072. That means less than one percent.
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The Indian team had already made the record of losing the toss the maximum number of times in consecutive ODI matches. The Indian team left behind the Netherlands, which had lost the toss in 11 consecutive ODI matches. Out of the 18 toss that India lost, 12 were lost by the ‘Men in Blue’ under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Whereas under the captaincy of KL Rahul, the toss was lost 3 times. Now under the captaincy of Gill, 3 toss have been lost.
Two changes in playing 11
Team India has made two changes in this match. Kuldeep Yadav And Prasidh Krishna has been given a chance, while Nitish Kumar Reddy and Arshdeep Singh have been dropped from this third ODI. India has already lost the series.
India’s playing-11 in Sydney ODI: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Harshit Rana and Mohammed Siraj.
Australia’s playing-11 in Sydney ODI: Mitchell Marsh (captain), Travis Head, Matthew Short, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Carey (wicketkeeper), Cooper Connolly, Mitch Owen, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Ellis and Adam Zampa.
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