Australia's victory brightens India's fortunes, reaches number two in race for World Test Championship
WTC Points Table: Team India beat Bangladesh by 188 runs in the first match of the series to reach the final of the World Test Championship. In the points table of the World Test Championship, Team India reached the second position by defeating Bangladesh. And today Australia defeated South Africa in the Gaba Test. With this defeat, South Africa has slipped to third place, while India has come second after Australia.
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The Indian team made a big jump from fourth to third position by defeating Bangladesh in the first match of the two-Test series. At the same time, Australia defeated South Africa in the Gaba Test and gifted India to come second. Now Team India has jumped two places in a single day to reach the second spot after Australia in the race for the final of the World Test Championship. Let us tell you that Team India has earned points in the points table of the World Test Championship by defeating Bangladesh by a huge margin of 188 runs in the first Test match, while South Africa has reduced its points by losing to Australia. It has now reached the third position after India.
The Indian team has jumped from the fourth position to the second position in the World Test Championship's latest points table. Before this Test match played between India and Bangladesh, the Sri Lankan team was in third place while the South African team was in second place. According to the latest points table of the World Test Championship, now the Indian team has won 7 out of 13 matches and added 87 points. The winning percentage of the Indian team has now gone up to 55.77 percent. At the same time, South Africa has slipped to third place after losing to Australia with 54.54 percent winning points. While Australia ranks first with 76.92 percent marks.
The journey so far in the World Test Championship was very difficult for the Indian team, but Team India has once again raised hopes by defeating Bangladesh. Team India will now have to win at least 4 of their remaining 5 matches. The second and final Test of the series between India and Bangladesh will be played in Mirpur from 22 December. After this, Team India has to play a series of 4 Test matches against Australia on its own land.
In the first match of the two-Test series being played between India and Bangladesh, Team India achieved this victory without many veteran players. Now, captain, Rohit Sharma will join the team in the next match. At the same time, Jasprit Bumrah is also expected to join the team in the series against Australia.