New Zealand has created history by winning the Test 3-0 in India. While Team India has made the path to reach the final of the World Test Championship (WTC) very difficult. If the team does not want to depend on other teams now, then it will have to win 4 matches in the 5 Test series starting in Australia from November 22. On the other hand, New Zealand opened the doors to reach the final by winning the Test series in India. If the team had lost in India, it would have been out of the race for the final, but it created history and kept its hopes alive. Scenario of WTC Final in the story 5 teams are still contenders for the final
After India’s shameful defeat on its own home ground, the way has opened for 5 teams to reach the WTC final. Apart from India and New Zealand, the teams of Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka can also make it to the final. All five teams are also in the top-5 positions of the points table. At the same time, England, Pakistan, West Indies and Bangladesh are out of the race. 1. India will have to win 4 Tests in Australia
This time the title match seems impossible for Team India, which has played the last 2 finals of the World Test Championship. The team has slipped to second place in the points table after losing to New Zealand. The team has gone straight from 74.24% points to 58.33% points. India’s last Test series in WTC is now against Australia. The team has to play 5 Tests there from 22 November to 7 January. Even if India wins the series 3-2, the team will not be able to reach the final. Only by winning 4 Tests will the team be able to make it to the final without depending on anyone. However, winning 4-0 is very difficult, because even under the captaincy of legends like Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, the team could win only 4 out of 8 Tests in Australia. Whereas now the team is going to Australia under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, who has made a record of losing 5 Tests in India. Let’s know in points how many matches India will have to win in Australia to have more than 55% points. Won 5-0: 68.42% points Won 4-0: 64.91% points Won 4-1: 63.16% points Won 3-0: 61.40% points Won 3-1: 59.65% points Won 3-2: 57.89% points Won 2-0: 57.89% points Won 1-0: 55.26% points ??????? 2. New Zealand has 3 Tests left against England
When the New Zealand team came on Asia tour, it was believed that it would be difficult for them to win even one Test. The team proved it right to some extent by losing 0-2 against Sri Lanka, but then they surprised everyone by defeating India 3-0 in India. Now their hopes of reaching the final are still alive. New Zealand has now reached the fourth position with 54.55% points after winning 6 out of 11 Tests. Before the series, the team was at the sixth position with 37.50% points and losing even one Test would have knocked the team out of the race for the final. They now have to play 3 Tests against England on home ground. Only by winning the series 3-0 will the team be able to make it to the final with 64.28% points. 3. Australia needs 4 wins Australia won 8 matches, lost 3 and drew one in 12 matches of 4 series. With this, the team is at the first position with 62.50% points. It has 7 matches left, the team will play 5 matches at home against India and 2 matches against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. To have more than 60% points, the team will have to win the next 4 matches. The team can get this many points even with 4 wins. That is, its final position will be almost decided by the Test series against India. 4. South Africa has to play 2 series at home
South Africa was third in the points table after India in the last WTC cycle. This time the team created history by winning the Test series 2-0 in Bangladesh. The team is at number five with 54.17% points after winning 4 out of 8 Tests. South Africa now has to play 2-2 Test series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan at home. Sri Lanka won the Test series in South Africa in 2019 itself, but Pakistan has not been able to win a Test series in South Africa till now. However, if South Africa wins all four Tests, the team will make it to the final with 69.44% points. Losing even 1 Test will reduce the team’s points to less than 59%. 5. Sri Lanka has 2 difficult series left
Sri Lanka has kept its hopes of reaching the final by winning one Test in England and 2 Tests against New Zealand. The team is at third position with 55.56% points, it now has 2 series left against South Africa and Australia. The team will play against Australia at home, both series will be of 2-2 matches. On winning 4 Tests, Sri Lanka will reach the final with 69.23% points. Even after winning 3 Tests, the team will have 61.53% points and its hopes will remain alive. However, if the team loses 2 Tests, it will be out of the race to reach the final. Read these sports news too
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