bhaveshgor wrote:Actually baffles me how the toss could be important if the pitch turns from day 1 or very early in the game.
the batting will be the same difficulty batting first or 2nd in both innings.
in the first innings the advantage of batting first might be worth 20-30 runs which can easily be made up by better bowling or batting by either side and in the 2nd innings the lead or trail is more important than actually batting last, although chasing 200 + can be tricky on the last day.
Really the toss is only important on flat india decks where the ball only turns from late day 3.
if the ball turning from day 1 the toss isn't that important, remember in 2012 while the ball was turning from day 1 teams won 6 times consecutively while losing the toss.
England twice and india 4 times.
england won in mumbai and Kolkata while batting 2nd and easily as well.
I understand people would like to bat first but team won't lose sleep or panic if they actually lost the toss like they would do in Rajkot especially since the pitch got more help for the bowler to take wickets in the first day or innings.
Also I get it that all team will bat first because no team would really love to chase last but the toss isn't the reason why you lost the game if you bowl first, literally the toss make no difference to the result if the ball doing something in the first innings and both teams got similar conditions.
Kindly check how many Ranji matches are won by teams winning toss and batting first. Also consider checking how many teams opt to bat first in Ranji matches. Only in rare matches at Dharamshala someone may opt to bowl first.
