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India close to securing berth in WTC final, Australia’s wait extends

An innings and 132-run win over Australia in the first Test in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy here on Saturday took India a step closer to sealing a place in the second World Test Championship (WTC) final, while the Pat Cummins-led side’s defeat sent them into the title round. The wait for the confirmation of the place extended. With this victory, second-ranked India has 61.67 per cent marks while number one Australia has 70.83 per cent marks.

India need to win two of the remaining three matches of the series to achieve a minimum scoring percentage of 62.50, which will knock third-placed Sri Lanka out of the race. Had India won all the remaining three matches, the team’s best possible percentage would have been 68.06. India’s innings win extended Australia’s wait in the race for the WTC final, while England and West Indies’ hopes of securing a place in the Test Championship 2022-23 cycle suffered a blow.

Australia have a decent points percentage to reach the WTC final but a 0-4 loss to India could put third-placed Sri Lanka back in the running as they also have a two-match Test series against New Zealand from next week. Is. But if Rohit Sharma’s team makes a clean sweep in the series, Australia’s points percentage will drop to 59.64. If the Sri Lankan team wins both the Tests against New Zealand, their points percentage will go up to 61.1, which will be enough for them to pip Australia and clinch the WTC final spot.

According to calculations done by the ICC (International Cricket Council), “A win in the next three Tests for Australia would help them reach a minimum of 64.91 per cent points while a draw would fetch them 61.40 per cent points (provided no points on over-rate)”. did not lose) so that he would have a chance to reach the final ahead of Sri Lanka. At the same time, Sri Lanka can reach only 61.11 marks percentage with its best performance.

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