{"id":33162,"date":"2026-07-09T22:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/ind-vs-eng-shreyas-iyer-surpasses-rohit-sharma-equals-virat-kohli-in-unique-captaincy-record-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T22:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:05:40","slug":"ind-vs-eng-shreyas-iyer-surpasses-rohit-sharma-equals-virat-kohli-in-unique-captaincy-record-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/ind-vs-eng-shreyas-iyer-surpasses-rohit-sharma-equals-virat-kohli-in-unique-captaincy-record-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs ENG: Shreyas Iyer surpasses Rohit Sharma, equals Virat Kohli in unique captaincy record | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132293667,imgsize-276438,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/132293667.jpg\" alt=\"IND vs ENG: Shreyas Iyer surpasses Rohit Sharma, equals Virat Kohli in unique captaincy record\" title=\"Shreyas Iyer (ANI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shreyas Iyer continued an unusual streak of success ahead of India&#8217;s fourth T20I against England on Thursday, winning his sixth consecutive toss as captain to equal <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/player-profile\/virat-kohli\/3993\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virat Kohli<\/a> for the second-longest run by an Indian skipper in T20Is.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Iyer&#8217;s remarkable run now leaves him just one toss win away from matching <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ms-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">MS Dhoni<\/a>&#8216;s record of seven straight tosses, achieved between May 2010 and February 2012.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Kohli also enjoyed a six-match streak between August and December 2019, while <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rohit Sharma<\/a>&#8216;s best sequence stands at five consecutive toss wins.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Most consecutive tosses won by an India captain in T20Is<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"17\">\n<ul>\n<li>7 \u2013 MS Dhoni (May 2010 \u2013 February 2012)<br \/>6 \u2013 Virat Kohli (August 2019 \u2013 December 2019)<br \/>6* \u2013 Shreyas Iyer (June 2026 \u2013 July 2026)<br \/>5 \u2013 Rohit Sharma (February 2020 \u2013 February 2022)<br \/>5 \u2013 MS Dhoni (September 2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>While Iyer&#8217;s luck at the toss has continued, India have endured a difficult run on the field after taking an early lead in the series.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Following a rain-affected opening match, the visitors have lost the next two T20Is, including a crushing 125-run defeat at Trent Bridge that allowed England to seize the momentum.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>India&#8217;s problems have been compounded by injuries to two key bowlers.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>Fast bowler Harshit Rana and mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy have both been ruled out of the remaining two matches after suffering hamstring injuries during the third T20I.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>&#8220;Harshit Rana and Varun Chakaravarthy sustained hamstring injuries in the third T20I against England at Trent Bridge. The BCCI Medical Team has assessed them and ruled them out of the fourth and fifth T20Is,&#8221; the BCCI said in a statement.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>For the fourth T20I, India brought in all-rounder Washington Sundar and pacer Prasidh Krishna as replacements for the injured duo.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>With England holding the upper hand after back-to-back victories, India will be hoping Iyer&#8217;s fortune at the toss can finally translate into success on the field as they look to level the series and avoid another setback before the decider.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/india-tour-of-england\/ind-vs-eng-shreyas-iyer-surpasses-rohit-sharma-equals-virat-kohli-in-unique-captaincy-record\/articleshow\/132293667.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shreyas Iyer continued an unusual streak of success ahead of India&#8217;s fourth T20I against England on Thursday, winning his sixth consecutive toss as captain to equal Virat Kohli for the second-longest run by an Indian skipper in T20Is.Iyer&#8217;s remarkable run now leaves him just one toss win away from matching MS Dhoni&#8216;s record of seven [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}