Rohit Sharma equals Brian Lara's record of losing 12 tosses in a row

India's wretched luck with tosses continued in the ongoing Champions Trophy as the skipper Rohit Sharma failed to win a single coin flip

India's run of bad luck with tosses continued in the ongoing Champions Trophy as the skipper Rohit Sharma failed to win a single coin flip. This was India's record-extending 15th straight toss lost in the ODIs and captain Rohit's 12th, which is now equal to the most tosses lost by a captain in the format on the bounce. Rohit equalled Brian Lara's wretched record, who lost 12 tosses from October 1998 to May 1999.

Losing tosses hasn't affected or had a bearing on the results for India in the ongoing Champions Trophy with the Men in Blue winning all their four games so far and will hope for more of the same in the grand finale against New Zealand. New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner called it right for the second consecutive time and opted to bat yet again.

Captains to lose most number of tosses in consecutive ODIs

Brian Lara (West Indies) - 12 (October 31, 1998 - May 21, 1999)

Rohit Sharma (India) - 12* (November 19, 2023 - March 9, 2025) Peter Borren (Netherlands) - 11 (March 18, 2011 - August 27, 2013) 9 - Jos Buttler (England), Monank Patel (USA), Eoin Morgan (England), Nasser Hussain (England)

Santner reckoned that the pitch looked good, similar to the one they played on against India last Sunday and hoped that the scoreboard pressure would work in their favour. Rohit, on the other hand, wasn't too bothered with the toss result and was ready to do both, irrespective of the result at the coin flip.

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