Adelaide Oval is slightly different from the other venues in Australia, not just because of its dimensions which make the square boundaries very short and the straight boundary huge, but also because of its toss stat which says that till date, every captain, who has won the toss at Adelaide Oval in a T20 international, has always ended up on the losing side in the actual game.
This stat is worrying for the Indian fans because Rohit Sharma has been winning a lot of tosses in this World Cup and the fans don’t want him to win another toss at Adelaide in the big semi-final against England later today.
The thing about Adelaide Oval is that since the square boundaries are short at this venue, it is very hard to defend scores and a lot of teams like to bowl first so that they can have a target in front of them and they can use the short square boundaries to their advantage.
Adelaide Oval will have a used pitch for India Vs England semi-final
But, there is another factor involved in the India Vs England semi-final. The match is going to be played on a used pitch and it is likely that the pitch will get slower and slower as the match goes on. So, if this toss superstition is not taken into account, both the teams might entertain the idea of batting first today because it’s a used pitch.
The Indian fans are, however, being superstitious about this unique toss stat at Adelaide and a few Indian fans jokingly suggested on twitter that India should think about sending Virat Kohli for the toss. When Virat Kohli was the captain of India, he had the reputation of losing a lot of tosses. Rohit Sharma, on the other hand, has an opposite reputation as he wins a lot of tosses.
Here is how the Indian fans reacted on twitter when they got to know that no captain, who has won the toss at Adelaide, has won a T20 international at this venue yet –
Send Kohli For The Toss https://t.co/fl5l3sBmAB
— ` (@ffsdiv) November 10, 2022
They said teams hosting the odi wc have never won till 2011, but we did win in 2011. Records are meant to be broken https://t.co/kzcIjrwmWr
— Dexter (@urstrulytpr) November 10, 2022
Make virat as Captain#OneDayCaptain https://t.co/PYAF35QZ7u
— แดsแดส ษชs สสแดแดแด าแดส #Varisu (@JD_Jaffna) November 10, 2022
and rohit neverr losess a toss ๐ https://t.co/vO6ocNTmkt
— M S C ๐ต๐ฐ (@_friendlycheema) November 9, 2022
Jinx never works in front of hard work no matter who is going to win the toss, ๐ฎ๐ณ is lifting this trophy ๐ beating pakistan
๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ #indvspak #T20WorldCup2022 https://t.co/GGyK6z1c17— Anonymous (@Fly_Hightweeto) November 9, 2022
Stop posting stuff like this. We donโt need such negativity #INDvsENG #T20WorldCup https://t.co/lMLDgJ8MDK
— Abhijeet Desai (@ADesai0823) November 9, 2022
Where's Virat Kohli when we need him? https://t.co/qv5lGliAWa
— Kartik โ (@why_kartik) November 9, 2022
Donโt win the toss abeg https://t.co/79rScMrAw3
— Nik ๐ซ๐ฅค (@Nik70756619) November 9, 2022
