Shreyas Iyer’s world record… Became the first captain in the world to win 6 consecutive toss at the beginning of his captaincy.

New Delhi. Indian cricket team’s star batsman Shreyas Iyer has achieved such a unique position in T20 International cricket, which even the world’s greatest captain could not achieve till date. Shreyas Iyer has become the first player in the world to have won the toss consecutively in all his first six T20 International matches as captain. This lucky captain registered his name in the pages of history by tossing the coin during the fourth T20 match against England at the County Ground in Bristol. However, despite this tremendous favor of luck, Team India’s luck on the field is still sad and Iyer is eagerly waiting for his first victory as captain.

31-year-old Shreyas Iyer has left Pakistan’s star all-rounder Shadab Khan behind in this matter. Shadab Khan had won five consecutive toss in his first five T20 Internationals as captain, which was till now a world record. But as soon as the match referee threw the coin in favor of Iyer in the match against England in Bristol, this world record became in the name of India. Shreyas Iyer has now become the only captain in the world to win six consecutive toss while making his captaincy debut.

Dhoni won 7 tosses
With this historic achievement, Iyer has also strengthened his position in the all-time list of captains who have won the most consecutive toss in T20 International matches for India. The record of winning the most consecutive toss in the history of Indian cricket is in the name of the great captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who won the toss in 7 consecutive matches between May 2010 and February 2012. After him comes Virat Kohli, who had the distinction of becoming the boss of the toss for 6 consecutive times between August 2019 and December 2019.

Shreyas Iyer equalized Kohli
Now Shreyas Iyer has also equaled Kohli’s Indian record of winning six consecutive toss and is just one step away from Dhoni’s all-time record. Interestingly, the list also includes current regular captain Rohit Sharma, who had won 5 consecutive tosses between February 2020 and February 2022, while Dhoni had also won 5 consecutive tosses during September 2007 at the beginning of his career.

Shreyas’ captaincy started in Ireland
Iyer’s captaincy journey started with a two-match T20 series against Ireland in June 2026. When the regular senior players were rested, the selectors placed the command of the team on the shoulders of Iyer. Luck favored Iyer in both the matches on the Ireland tour and he won the toss both times. After this, Iyer also shined in the very challenging five-match T20 series against England currently going on. From the first match played in Chester-le-Street to the fourth match played in Bristol, he defeated the England captain in the toss in four consecutive matches. In this way, between June and July 2026, their streak of winning the toss reached six consecutive matches.

Shreyas waiting for his first win under his captaincy
But cricket is a game of uncertainties, where even if the coin comes into your hands, to win the match you have to sweat on the field. Shreyas Iyer’s coin is running continuously, but the number of wins in his account as a captain is still zero. India had to face crushing defeat in four of the first five matches played under his leadership. India had to face defeat in both the matches against Ireland.

First T20 was washed out due to rain
After this, the start of the series against England was also not as per expectations. The first T20 match played at Chester-le-Street was washed out due to rain, where India had played the first innings, but when it was England’s turn to bat, due to continuous rain, play of the second innings was not possible and the match ended without any result. After this, England defeated the Indian team in the next two matches also.

It is difficult for any captain to break this amazing world record.
In this way, Shreyas Iyer is now standing in a very strange situation. On one hand, an amazing world record has been registered in his name for winning the toss, which will be very difficult for any new captain to break, while on the other hand, he is struggling to give the ‘Men in Blue’ the first win under his captaincy. Indian fans are now hoping that this Alexander of luck will soon spread the magic of his strategies on the field and along with this world record of toss, he will also give the gift of victory to Team India.