India, Nov. 8 -- "Phir se haar gaya (You lost again?)," asked Jasprit Bumrah and all Suryakumar Yadav could do in reply was to smile and signal with his hand India are batting again. Bumrah went ROFL. It appears that spotting an alien in Australia has a higher possibility than India winning a toss at the moment. They lost seven out of eight tosses across formats in the Australia tour. Shubman Gill lost all three tosses in the ODIs, and Surya managed to win just one in the five T20Is.

It has become such an inevitable thing that the rest of the Indian cricketers treat it as an event. Suryakumar Yadav also sees the funny side of it. He was seen praying after losing the toss in the second T20I. He got results in the next match by winning his...