India, Oct. 23 -- India's bad luck with the toss continues. In the second ODI against Australia at the Adelaide Oval, Shubman Gill lost the toss and extended India's toss loss streak to 17. The streak began on November 19, 2023, at the World Cup final in Ahmedabad, when Australia's skipper Pat Cummins won the toss against Rohit Sharma. Nearly two years have passed since then, and India have not won a single toss in ODIs.

Each toss comes with a 50-50 chance. The chance of one of India's unique streaks is (1/2)^17 = 1/1,31,072, which is equivalent to 0.0007629%. To park that in real-world comparisons, the chances of getting the first three cards from a freshly shuffled deck as Ace of Spades, King of Spades, and Queen of Spades in that exac...