New Delhi: After losing the ODI series against Australia (IND Vs AUS), Virat Kohli is looking under a lot of pressure. It looks like Team India has surrendered to Australia. There is one ODI left on the current tour of Australia. While Team India also has to face Australia in T20 and Test series. So this time the challenge of the Australia tour looks like a litmus test for Virat. In the last 5 matches, Team India has suffered consecutive defeats. Before this, while Virat was the captain, Team India had never suffered defeat in so many consecutive matches.
Loss in 5 consecutive matches
Virat Kohli has been captaining Team India in ODIs since 2013. Under his captaincy, Team India has set many winning records, but in the last five ODIs, Team India has suffered a series of defeats. The losing streak began last year against New Zealand at Hamilton. On this tour of New Zealand, Team India had lost three matches in a row. After this now Team India has lost 2 matches in a row on the Australia tour. Earlier, under the captaincy of Virat, Team India had suffered defeat in 3 consecutive matches against Australia in the year 2019 itself.
Record of consecutive defeats
In the last 46 years, Team India has suffered the most defeats in 8 consecutive matches. This successive defeat of Team India took place in 1981 under the captaincy of Sunil Gavaskar. The losing streak began in Sydney. This was followed by India losing 7 matches in a row in 1989. In those days, the command of Team India was in the hands of Srikanth and then Vengsarkar. Now, for the fifth time, Team India has lost 5 matches in a row.
Record of defeat in 5 consecutive matches
Indian captains Bishan Singh Bedi and Venkataraghaman, who have lost in 5 consecutive matches. In 1978, under the captaincy of these two, India had lost 5 matches in a row. In 1983, under Kapil Dev’s captaincy, India had suffered 5 consecutive defeats. Ravi Shastri in 1988. India had lost 5 matches in a row in 2002 and 2005 under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly and Rahul’s Dravid.
