Sri Lanka performed well in the Galle Test match, beating New Zealand by 63 runs. In this match, the New Zealand team aimed to win 275 points, but on the fifth day of the match (September 23), the entire team was limited to 211 points. With this win, Sri Lanka takes a 1-0 lead in the Test series. The second and final game of the series will be played at this venue from September 26.
Sri Lanka have progressed up the World Test Championship (WTC) standings after winning the Galle Test match. Sri Lanka is currently ranked third in the table with one spot. Sri Lanka has played a total of 8 games this season and won 4 of them. Sri Lanka suffered defeat in the same match. Sri Lanka scored 50 runs and scored 48 runs.
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Sri Lanka currently have the highest score of 69.23% this cycle, which is enough to get them into next year’s final at Lord’s. However, for this the team must beat New Zealand again and then join South Africa in sweeping Australia.
These equations apply to India at the top
Let us tell you that the Indian team is currently ranked first in the World Test Championship points table. So far, the team has scored 7 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in 10 games, accumulating 86 points. His scoring percentage is 71.66. India now have 9 more games to play in this cycle. The Indians are scheduled to tour Australia in November to play five Test matches. He has to play one Test against Bangladesh and three against New Zealand before that tour.
In these 9 Test matches, if the Indian team wins 4 and draws 1, it will determine whether the Indian team can enter the final. In this case, India will score 64%, which is enough to qualify for the finals. India qualified for the final last time out with a score of 58.8%. Then in the last match, India lost to Australia by 209 runs.
Australia ranks second in the WTC rankings. The Kangaroos have 8 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw in 12 games, accumulating 90 points. His scoring rate is 62.50. On the other hand, the New Zealand team slipped to fourth place in the WTC standings due to the loss to Sri Lanka. New Zealand has scored 36 points in seven games and scored 42.86% of the time. England is ranked fifth and Bangladesh is ranked sixth.
Pakistan team is in poor form
South Africa is ranked seventh, Pakistan is eighth and West Indies is ninth. This means Pakistan is only ahead of West Indies in the WTC rankings. After that, Sri Lanka ranked fourth, England ranked fifth and Bangladesh ranked sixth. Bangladesh were ranked fourth ahead of the Chennai Test but fell short with a loss to India.
This is the third cycle of the World Test Championship and will be held from 2023 to 2025. The ICC has released the relevant rules for the points system for the third round. A win in a test match is worth 12 points, a draw is worth 4 points, and a draw is worth 6 points.
A win adds 100 points, a draw adds 50 points, a tie adds 33.33 points, and a loss adds 0 points. The two-game series totaled 24 points, and the five-game series totaled 60 points. The ranking is mainly determined based on the winning rate of the WTC standings.
