Rohit Sharma Toss Jinx In IND vs NZ, ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Final: Losing 15 tosses in a row in ODI cricket is extremely unlikely, with a probability of just 0.0000305. But Rohit Sharma has done it again.
Rohit Sharma Toss Jinx: 12th Consecutive Loss In Champions Trophy 2025 Final vs NZ
In the Champions Trophy 2025 final against New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and chose to bat first. This meant that Rohit Sharma lost another toss, matching the record of Brian Lara for losing 12 consecutive tosses in ODIs.
India set a record for losing the most consecutive tosses in ODIs when Rohit Sharma lost the toss against Pakistan a few days ago. That was the 12th toss loss in a row for India.
The previous record was held by the Netherlands, who had lost 11 tosses in a row. After losing the toss to Pakistan, Rohit lost the tosses to New Zealand and Australia in the next two games, bringing the total to 14 consecutive toss losses.
Out of these 14 tosses, Rohit lost 11, while KL Rahul, who captained India in the ODI series in South Africa, lost three tosses in a row during that series.
This unlucky streak started after the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia, where India suffered a heartbreaking loss. The last toss India won was against New Zealand in the 2023 World Cup semi-final, when Rohit won the toss and chose to bat first.
Meanwhile, in a big relief for India, star New Zealand pacer Matt Henry is not playing in the game. India has stuck with an unchanged XI, while Nathan Smith has replaced the injured Henry in the New Zealand team.
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After winning the toss, Mitchell Santner said:
“We’re going to have a bat first. Looks like a pretty good wicket, similar to the one we played India here a week ago. Want to get runs on the board and see what happens. Obviously expected a few blue shirts, great atmosphere, great ground. Going to be slightly different from what we got in Pakistan. We saw how India played and what they got out of it. Hope it slows down a bit later. Different guys have stepped up at different times. You want guys firing from the start and we have done that, as have India. Unfortunately Matt Henry has been ruled out, we’ve got Nathan Smith coming in.”
Rohit Sharma said:
“We’ve been here enough, batted first and bowled first, don’t really mind batting second. It hasn’t changed much, we’ve chased and won as well. It does give you a lot of confidence, takes the toss away from the game. At the end of the day, what matters is how well you want to play. That’s what we’ve spoken about in the dressing room, not to worry about the toss and to just play well, that’s what we’ve done and we have to do today as well. New Zealand have been a very good team over the past so many years, they tend to play good cricket in ICC tournaments. The challenge for us is to play well against them now. Same team for us.”
IND vs NZ, ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Final:
India XI vs New Zealand:
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand XI vs India:
Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wK), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Nathan Smith.
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