India’s astonishing bad luck at the toss; Varun gets Head first ball – ESPN

Mar 4, 2025, 08:59 AM ET

0.000061 The probability of losing 14 consecutive tosses, which India have done in ODIs by losing the toss in the Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia. Their current streak of lost tosses began at the 2023 ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad, where they lost the toss against Australia.

Rohit Sharma was captain in 11 of those 14 matches, one behind Brian Lara’s record for consecutive tosses lost as captain in men’s ODIs (12).

5 Fifty-plus scores in knockout matches for Steven Smith at the ICC ODI events (World Cup and Champions Trophy), behind only Sachin Tendulkar (6).

1 Varun Chakravarthy is the first spinner to dismiss Travis Head in the first ten overs of an ODI innings. Head scored 135 runs off 115 balls against spin in the first ten overs in ODIs without being dismissed before falling to Varun. This dismissal came off the first ball Varun had bowled to Head in any format.

1 Runs Head scored off his first eleven balls, the fewest he has at that point in an ODI innings. However, he scored 38 runs in his next 22 balls until his dismissal.

161 Catches for Virat Kohli in ODIs – second-most as a fielder, going ahead of Ricky Ponting (160) and only behind Mahela Jayawardene’s 218.

4 Dismissals for Marnus Labuschagne against Ravindra Jadeja in ODIs. Haris Rauf (4) is the only other bowler to dismiss Marnus as often as Jadeja in this format. Marnus scored 120 runs against Jadeja across ten innings while striking at 66.67.

9 Balls faced by Cooper Connolly before falling for a duck, all off Mohammed Shami. Connolly had played and missed six straight balls before edging one to KL Rahul.

300.00 Strike rate of Australian batters while playing the sweep against India’s spinners, as per ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball logs. They scored 48 runs off 16 sweep shots, with eight boundaries, including four sixes. It is the highest strike rate for any team playing the sweep against spinners in a men’s ODI since 2015, for a minimum of 15 such shots.

Alex Carey scored 21 off seven sweep shots, with three fours and a six. In the previous match, New Zealand’s batters scored only 13 runs off the sweep shot despite attempting it 22 times.

7 Not-in-control shots for Smith in 11 balls he faced from Shami, whom he got out to eventually. He was comfortable against the other Indian bowlers, with only nine not-in-control shots off 85 balls against them.

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