India last won a toss in November 2023, in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand.
India's last toss victory occurred on November 15, 2023, against New Zealand in the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup.
Rahul was hoping for a change of fortunes when he flipped the coin but as soon as he saw that Bavuma got the call, he turned around in anger. South Africa decided to bowl first in Raipur, just like they did in Ranchi.
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Ravi Shastri, who was at the toss, questioned Rahul about India's poor luck with the coin flip. The Indian captain stated that the biggest pressure on him was to win the toss, which he was practising ahead of the game.
"I think the biggest pressure today was the toss. We haven’t won one in a long time, so I’ve genuinely been practising flipping the coin, but clearly it’s still not working," said Rahul.
India's toss losing streak has a fascinating number attached to it, as it is an event that has a probability of just 0.000000954 percent.
There was no change in Team India’s playing XI as they stuck to the same combination that won in Ranchi. On the other hand, South Africa made three changes with Bavuma, Keshav Maharaj, and Lungi Ngidi entering in for Ryan Rickleton, Ottneil Baartman, and Prenelan Subrayen.
South Africa Playing XI:
Quinton de Kock (wk), Aiden Markram, Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Dewald Brevis, Matthew Breetzke, Corbin Bosch, Marco Jansen, Nandre Burger, Keshav Maharaj, and Lungi Ngidi
India Playing XI:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Washington Sundar, KL Rahul (c and wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, and Prasidh Krishna