India, Dec. 6 -- For 20 straight ODI tosses, India kept landing on the wrong side, and the fans were smiling through the absurdity. On Saturday in Vaisakhapatnam, KL Rahul finally flipped the script - with a little help from the team analyst.

India's stand-in ODI captain broke a one-in-a-million streak when he won the toss before the third ODI against South Africa, ending a run of 20 consecutive toss defeats that stretched back to the 2023 World Cup final and spanned multiple captains.

KL Rahul later revealed that this wasn't just another walk-up-to-the-ground-and-flip moment. It came with its own carefully crafted ritual of India's performance analyst.

"What worked for me today, we had our analyst, Hari, who gave me a few tricks. He a...