Not long after India were unable to defend a massive score of 358 against South Africa in the second ODI , captain KL Rahul said the toss "plays a huge part" and makes a "huge difference" in matches where dew heavily skews the match in the favour of chasing sides. India lost their 20th toss in a row in ODIs, and South Africa opted to bowl and sealed a four-wicket victory with four balls to spare to level the series 1-1.

"Not really, considering everything - how much dew there is and how difficult it is to bowl in the second innings," Rahul said at the presentation when asked if the defeat was a tough pill to swallow. "The last game, we did really well, considering everything. All the difficulties for bowlers bowling with a wet ball, and the umpires have been nice enough to change

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