Shreyas Iyer broke Dhoni’s record, became the first Indian captain to do so; Who is Ashok Sharma, who made his debut

India vs Zimbabwe 1st T20I: Captain of Team India in the first T20 match being played between India and Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. Shreyas Iyer Made a big record in his name. As soon as he won the toss, he broke the years-old record of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and became the Indian captain who has won the most consecutive toss in T20 international cricket.

Shreyas Iyer won the toss in T20I for the eighth consecutive time, whereas earlier this record was in the name of MS Dhoni, who had won seven consecutive toss between 2010 and 2012. Virat Kohli 6 more in this list Rohit Sharma With 5 consecutive toss wins, they are in third and fourth place.

Who holds the record for winning the toss most number of times?

The record for winning the most consecutive toss is in the name of former West Indies captain Darren Sammy, who won 10 consecutive toss in 2015-16. Pakistan’s Salman Aga (2025-26), England’s Harry Brook (2025-26) and Australia’s Aaron Finch (2022) have won 8 consecutive tosses. Now Shreyas Iyer has also joined this list with 8 consecutive toss wins.

Captains with most consecutive toss wins in T20Is (FM teams)

• 10 – Darren Sammy (West Indies, 2015-2016)
• 9 – Salman Aga (Pakistan, 2025-2026)
• 8 – Harry Brook (England, 2025-2026)
• 8 – Aaron Finch (Australia, 2022)
• 8 – Shreyas Iyer (India, 2026)

Most consecutive tosses won by a full-member team in T20Is

• 10 – West Indies (2015-2016)
• 9 – England (2024)
• 9 – Pakistan (2025-2026)
• 8 – England (2025-2026)
• 8 – Australia (2022)
• 8 – India (2026)

What did Shreyas Iyer say after winning the toss?

After winning the toss, Shreyas Iyer decided to bowl first. He said that this is his first match in Harare and he does not know much about the pitch, but after seeing the practice wickets, he is expecting good bounce. He also praised the Zimbabwe team and said that it has played excellent cricket in the last few years and cannot be taken lightly.

Ashok Sharma’s dream came true

In this match, fast bowler Ashok Sharma made his T20I debut for India. He got a place in the Indian team for the first time for the Zimbabwe tour and now he has got a chance to prove himself in international cricket. With the inclusion of Ashok Sharma, Zimbabwe became the foreign country where India has given the opportunity to most players to make T20I debut.

India has so far given the maximum number of 31 T20I debuts to 31 players at home, while Zimbabwe is in second place abroad, where 23 Indian players have played their first T20 International match so far. After this comes South Africa (21), West Indies (11), Sri Lanka (10) and England (8).

Number of players making T20I debut for India, according to host country

• India: 31
• Zimbabwe: 23
• South Africa: 21
• West Indies: 11
• Sri Lanka: 10
• England: 8
• Australia and Ireland: 6
• Bangladesh and China: 3
• USA: 1

Who is Ashok Sharma?

• Ashok Sharma is an emerging fast bowler of India. He has made his place in the Indian team on the basis of his stormy pace and excellent bowling.
• Gujarat Titans bought him for Rs 90 lakh in the IPL 2026 auction. He came into limelight after he made a record of bowling one of the fastest balls of the season by bowling the ball at a speed of 154.2 km/hour (kmph) against Rajasthan Royals.
• Earlier, he had been a part of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in 2022 and Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2025, but he did not get a chance to play.
• Playing for Rajasthan in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (2025-26), he performed brilliantly and took 22 wickets in 10 matches.
• Recently, he has left Rajasthan and moved to Gujarat to improve his cricket future.
• Ashok was born on 17 June 2002 in an ordinary farmer family in Rampura village near Jaipur. His elder brother Akshay Sharma also wanted to become a cricketer, but due to the weak financial condition of the family, he himself stopped playing so that the whole family could support Ashok’s dream.
• Ashok, who trained at Aravali Cricket Club in Jaipur, was first selected by Rajasthan Royals as their net bowler through the ‘Red Bull Speed ​​Star’ talent hunt.
• Ashok Sharma’s story is a unique example of achieving success with hard work, pace and family support despite very limited resources.

India’s playing eleven

Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Abhishek Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Shreyas Iyer (captain), Tilak Verma, Rinku Singh, Shivam Dubey, Ravi Bishnoi, Prince Yadav, Ashok Sharma and Mayank Yadav.

Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza said after the toss that this pitch in Harare is different from normal. Fast bowlers may get help in the initial overs, but batting will become easier later. He expressed hope that his team will score a big score.

zimbabwe playing eleven

Brian Bennett, Tadivanashe Marumani (wk), Ben Curran, Dion Myers, Sikandar Raza (captain), Ryan Burl, Wesley Madhewere, Brad Evans, Newman Nyamauri, Richard Ngarwa and Blessing Muzarabani.