Stats: Virat Kohli loses all 5 tosses in the Windies series

Thus, Virat Kohli became only the 4th Indian captain to lose all the tosses in a 5-match bilateral series.

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Not often do we see a captain lose the toss having called the same side each time but Virat Kohli recorded the rare instance as the Indian captain called Tails at the toss in all the 5 matches of the ODI series against the Windies but the coin tossed by Jason Holder fell on the Heads’ side.

Thus, Virat became only the 4th Indian captain to lose all the tosses in a 5-match bilateral series. The last instance of India losing every toss in a 5-match bilateral ODI was in 2011 in England under MS Dhoni. Including the four 5-match bilateral series, India also lost tosses in two 3-match bilateral series and a 5-match series in 2006 in South Africa which was scheduled to be a 5-match series but the first ODI there was washed out without a toss.

India losing all tosses in a bilateral ODI series: (Min: 3 matches)

Captain(s)SeriesMatches
Sunil GavaskarAustralia in India ODI Series, 1984/855
Sourav GangulyIndia in Pakistan ODI Series, 2003/045
MS DhoniNatWest Series [India in England], 20115
Virat KohliIndia in West Indies ODI Series, 20175
Rahul Dravid (2), Virender Sehwag (2)India in South Africa ODI Series, 2006/074
N Kapil DevSri Lanka in India ODI Series, 1982/833
Ajinkya RahaneIndia in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 20153

 

Considering the ODI tournaments, India have lost tosses in 6 matches in 4 different series so far with the last such occassion being the 2012 Commonwealth Bank Series in Australia.

Most tosses India lost in an ODI series/tournament:

Captain(s)Series/TournamentMatches
N Kapil DevBenson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, India, New Zealand in Australia), 1985/866
Sourav Ganguly (5), Rahul Dravid (1)Coca-Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) (India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka), 20016
MS Dhoni (5), Virender Sehwag (1)Commonwealth Bank Series (Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia), 2007/086
MS DhoniCommonwealth Bank Series (Australia, India, Sri Lanka in Australia), 2011/126

 

Virat Kohli, captaining in his 30th ODI game has already lost 17 tosses. He has lost 56.67 percent tosses which is the worst among the Indian captains who have led the team in at least 10 games in ODI cricket. Ajay Jadeja with 53.85 percent is the nearest to Kohli among Indian captains, as the former captain lost 7 tosses out of the 13 ODIs he led India in.

Lowest win percentage at toss for Indian captains in ODIs: (Min: 10 matches)

PlayerMatches as captainNumber of tosses lostPercentage
Virat Kohli301756.67
Ajay Jadeja13753.85
Sunil Gavaskar371951.35
MS Dhoni19910251.26
Suresh Raina12650
Virender Sehwag12650

 

(Stats as on July 6, 2017)

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