'Toss Harke Jitne Wale ko Rohit Sharma Kehte Hain' - India Captain Draws Umpteen Reactions After Unwanted Feat During Final

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: India captain Rohit Sharma has been in the spotlight for all kinds of reason - be it his captaincy, or his streak of losing tosses. On Sunday in Dubai, Rohit lost another toss and this time in the summit clash against New Zealand. While we do not know that would hurt India's chances or not, Rohit has bagged an unwanted feat. 

India has now lost 15 tosses in a row, which happens to be a world record in ODIs. Rohit has personally lost 12 tosses in a row. 

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Most consecutive tosses lost by a captain in ODIs

12 Rohit Sharma (Nov 2023 - Mar 2025)*
12 Brian Lara (Oct 1998 - May 1999)
11 Peter Borren (Mar 2011 - Aug 2013)
- 15th consecutive tosses lost by India in ODIs, 12th by Rohit Sharma as captain.

'Don't really mind batting second'

"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," Rohit said at the toss. 

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IND vs NZ Teams:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli , Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy