India, Nov. 30 -- Luck continued to desert the Indian team as stand-in captain KL Rahul lost the toss to South Africa during the 1st ODI between the two teams at the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Sunday. Rahul came out for the toss, hugged Markram and took his position to spin the coin. However, Rahul got a little too ahead of himself as he tried to spin the coin even before Ravi Shastri could complete hyping up the contest.

Shastri was in the middle of his trademark introduction of the two captains. "The two captains - KL Rahul for India, Aiden Markram of South Africa," he said before Rahul was about to go for the spin. Shastri continued, "You've got to hang on, KL". Rahul then responded with a shy smile as he waited for his chance. However...