Finally! India break 15-match streak as Suryakumar Yadav wins toss in Asia Cup opener
&imwidth=600&imheight=450&format=webp&quality=medium "Finally! India break 15-match streak as Suryakumar Yadav wins toss in Asia Cup opener")
Finally! India break 15-match streak as Suryakumar Yadav wins toss in Asia Cup opener Photograph: (X)
During that 15-match run, India still ended up winning on 12 occasions while there were two losses, both coming in the away Test series against England. The draw in Manchester was also part of the list, meaning India had a win percentage of 80 percent despite losing the toss in 15 matches.
India finally broke their jinx with the toss as captain Suryakumar Yadav won the flip of the coin in the Asia Cup 2025 opener against the UAE. Playing at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India had lost 15 tosses in a row before Wednesday (Sep 10), including all matches in the Champions Trophy 2025 and England tour under Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, respectively. After winning the toss, India opted to bowl first as they look to make a winning start to the Asia Cup 2025.
India finally break jinx
Before today, India had lost 15 tosses in a row in international cricket, which had a rare probability of 0.00305 per cent or 1 / 32,768. Interestingly, Suryakumar Yadav was the last Indian captain to win a toss when he did so against England in the third T20I in January 2025. Since then, the Men in Blue have had a barren run of losing 15 tosses across formats. The rare probability could have been extended to 16 today, which has a rare probability of 1 in 65,536, or about 0.0015 per cent.
ALSO READ | From Rohit Sharma to Virat Kohli, 5 Indian batters with most runs in Asia Cup (ODIs + T20Is)
During that 15-match run, India still ended up winning on 12 occasions while there were two losses, both coming in the away Test series against England. The draw in Manchester was also part of the list, meaning India had a win percentage of 80 percent despite losing the toss in 15 matches.
The Indian team opted to use Sanju Samson in the Playing XI despite reports of Jitesh Sharma being in favour. Interestingly, Arshdeep Singh was rested as Varun Chakaravarthy, Shivam Dube and others were preferred.
Trending Stories
)
)
)
)
)
)
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
)
)
)
)
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
)
)
)
)
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
)
)
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
)
)
)
)
)
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
India vs UAE, Playing XI
India(Playing XI): Abhishek Sharma, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tilak Varma, Sanju Samson(w), Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy
United Arab Emirates(Playing XI): Muhammad Waseem(c), Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Dhruv Parashar, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh
