Virat Kohli lost his 10th toss in 12 games during England’s ongoing tour of India as the tourists opted to bowl first in the third and final ODI at Pune’s MCA Stadium on Sunday (March 28).
After losing the toss, the Indian captain walked behind Jos Buttler – who is leading the English side in Eoin Morgan’s absence – smiled. It seemed hilarious but time and again, Kohli has said toss is not something within his control and hence his team has to be prepared for all situations.
Toss Update:
England have won the toss & elected to bowl against in the third ꧃ ODI.
Follow the match 👉
— BCCI (@BCCI)
Meanwhile, fans on Twitter trolled Kohli for not winning the toss yet again. While some were disappointed, others took a cheeky dig at the Indian skipper for being unfortunate in back to back matches. Some also felt bad for left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who was dropped from the playing XI after his poor sꦇhow in the first two ODIs.
England won the second ODI inside 44 overs with 6 wickets in hand. Jonny Bairstow and Ben Stokes absolutely clobbered the hosts, especially the spinners. The 26-year-old Kuldeep conceded a staggering 84 runs in his full quota of 10 overs and was low on confidence. That’s the primary reason why Kuldeep could find a place in the series decider.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
First it was Coin Morgan now it's Toss Buttler, Virat Kohli just can't catch a break 🤷♂️
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
Change the coin please! 😂😂
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99)
Winning the toss
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Kohli:— Prasanna (@prasannavs99)
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Kohli's luck with the toss –
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS)
Kohli’s toss-losing streak is challenging Rahul Gandhi’s election-losing strওeakꦇ.
— Vinayak (@vinayak_jain)
Toss result of Indian team in this series:
Lost
Won
Lost
Lost
Lost
Won
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
Lost
LostHow unlucky is Kohli – just won 2 Toss in 12 matches.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
~Modi ji searching ways how India can🌸 win the tos💞s under virat kohli
— Mohit Singhania♻️ (@doctor_chandler)
Virat Kohli🥀 and losing toss. Still a better love story than Twilight.
— S (@butterchickkenn)
In📖dia🍃ns everytime Virat Kohli goes out for a Toss!
— Vishal Verma (@VishalVerma_9)
Toss to Virat kohli be like –
— Divakar Sharma (@bOYBhaYankar)
The only coin that ꧋can save Kohli today on toss :
— 👻 (@HauntedMemer)
Why does Kohli even botﷺher coming out for the toss
— Chet (@chet_ag)
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