India suffers huge loss in WTC standings, loses first crown

Published On: November 3, 2024 2:41 pm

IND and NZ: A three-match Test series was played between India and New Zealand. Team India also suffered a defeat in the third match of this series. After a long time, the Indian team has been swept by any team in India. India lost the third match of the series by 25 runs. With India’s defeat, they also suffered a loss at the top of the World Test Championship points table. Now the first place crown has been snatched away by the Indian team. Team India has lost three games in this series. Therefore, the Indian team will now face a lot of difficulties to reach the final.

Indian team reaches this place

The Indian team faced a lot of difficulties after losing to New Zealand. The Indian team has now fallen from first to second place in the World Test Championship points table. Before the match started, the Indian team was ranked first with 62.82 points, but now they are ranked second with 58.33 points. The Australian team won first place with 62.30 points.

New Zealand benefits

After this series, the Kiwi team has benefited a lot. Prior to Game 3 of the series, his team was ranked fifth. Originally his PCT score was 50 points, but due to this victory, his score became 54.55, and his team is now in fourth place. South Africa suffered. He is currently ranked 5th. In this game, the entire standings changed dramatically.

How was the game?

Talking about this match between the two teams, New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and decided to bat first. He scored 235 runs in the first innings. After this, India scored 263 runs and led by 28 runs. After this, New Zealand scored 174 runs in the second innings and India won with a target of 147 runs. India could not catch up and they were all out for 121 runs.