India Moves Into Second Place In The World Test Championship Points Table After Their Huge Win, While South Africa Falls Further Behind

On Sunday, Team India climbed one rank to take the second slot in the points chart for the ICC World Test Championship.

This comes after India defeated Bangladesh in the first test match played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram by an innings and 188 runs, while South Africa was defeated by Australia in their first test match played at the Gabba in Brisbane by an innings and a wicket.

After scoring 152 and 99 in their first and second innings, respectively, the Proteas were unable to recover from their poor start and ended up losing the match by six wickets. It is important to note that India was in fourth place and South Africa was in second place in the table before the start of both games.

The following is an up-to-date version of the points table for the World Test Championship:

As a result of their victory over the Proteas, Australia maintains their position at the top of the table with a win percentage of 76.92. The team that is captained by Pat Cummins has competed in 13 games so far, and they have won nine of those games.

India is presently in second place, behind them, with a win percentage of 55.77, moving further behind them.

As a result of their loss, South Africa fell to the third slot on the leaderboard and now has a victory percentage of 54.55.

Following India’s victory, Sri Lanka dropped one rank as well, and they are presently in fourth place. Their proportion of victories is 53.33 percent.

Both England and Pakistan are now competing against one another in the third and final Test at the National Stadium in Karachi. England and Pakistan are currently ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, with victory percentages of 44.44 and 42.42. As a result of its victories in Rawalpindi and Multan, England now holds a 2-0 lead in the series.

The West Indies, New Zealand, and Bangladesh round out the lowest three teams with respective victory percentages of 40.91, 25.93, and 12.12.

India and New Zealand finished in first and second place, respectively, in the points table for the first cycle of the World Test Championship. They also faced off against one another in the championship match held in Southampton the year before, with New Zealand emerging victorious.