The toss in cricket, although it is not the definitive factor, plays really important role in determining the final results of any cricket match. It is also an important point in the fantasy cricket games of 11wickets.com.
Many of the online fantasy cricket gamers wait for the toss and they make their last minute changes in their team at 11Wickets. The toss winning team decides who will play first at what role first.
Listed here is a compilation of the captains may very well recorded the maximum number wins at the coin toss in Test matches, ODIs, T20 Internationals and all round.
Tests:
The former South African captain Graeme Smith has experienced the most luck with the toss in Test cricket. The Proteas skipper has won the toss 60 times out of the 109 he happens to be involved in the matches. Here is a list of the top 5.
| PLAYER | SPAN | MATCHES | TOSS WON | PERCENTAGE |
| Graeme Smith | 2003 – 2014 | 109 | 60 | 55.05 |
| Allan Border | 1984 – 1994 | 93 | 46 | 49.46 |
| Ricky Ponting | 2004 – 2010 | 77 | 37 | 48.05 |
| Stephen Fleming | 1997 – 2006 | 80 | 37 | 34.48 |
| Clive Lloyd | 1975 – 1984 | 74 | 35 | 47.30 |
ODIs:
Former Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting was not simply successful during the game in the limited-overs format, i.e. the ODIs, but before it too as it ends up. Ponting won 124 out of the 220 coin flips of which he was part of. Listed below are the others who managed to get to the top 5.
| PLAYER | SPAN | MATCHES | TOSS WON | PERCENTAGE |
| Ricky Ponting | 2002 – 2012 | 230 | 124 | 53.91 |
| Stephen Fleming | 1997 – 2007 | 218 | 105 | 48.17 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2004 – 2017 | 200 | 97 | 48.50 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1988 – 1999 | 193 | 102 | 52.85 |
| Allan Border | 1985 – 1994 | 178 | 86 | 48.31 |
T20 Internationals:
Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the captain cool, has had lady luck smiling widely on him at the toss in T20 Internationals. Dhoni has won the toss 22 times out of 37 events. This is a list of the top 5.
| PLAYER | SPAN | MATCHES | TOSS WON | PERCENTAGE |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 2007 – 2014 | 72 | 34 | 47.22 |
| William Porterfield | 2008 – 2014 | 56 | 34 | 60.71 |
| Darren Sammy | 2011 – 2014 | 47 | 29 | 61.70 |
| Shahid Afridi | 2006 – 2018 | 44 | 25 | 56.82 |
| Asghar Afghan | 2010 – 2018 | 42 | 18 | 42.86 |
Ricky Ponting has had just about the most success at the toss on the whole. The former Aussie skipper won much more than 50% of the tosses at the time of his stint as captain accompanied by Graeme Smith and Stephen Fleming. This is a list of the most notable 10.
| PLAYER | SPAN | MATCHES | TOSS WON | PERCENTAGE |
| Ricky Ponting | 2002 – 2012 | 324 | 170 | 52.47 |
| Graeme Smith | 2003 – 2014 | 286 | 148 | 51.75 |
| Stephen Fleming | 1997 – 2007 | 303 | 147 | 48.51 |
| Allan Border | 1984 – 1994 | 271 | 132 | 48.70 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1988 – 1999 | 249 | 132 | 53.01 |
| Mohd. Azharuddin | 1990 – 1999 | 221 | 125 | 56.56 |
| MS Dhoni | 2007 – 2014 | 256 | 123 | 48.05 |
| Hansie Cronje | 1994 – 2000 | 191 | 95 | 49.74 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 1999 – 2005 | 196 | 95 | 48.47 |
| Imran Khan | 1982 – 1992 | 187 | 95 | 50.80 |
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