By ICC WTC 2021-2023: Team India Officially Eliminated From World Test Championship: In the second Test between Sri Lanka vs Australia played on July 11, Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 39 runs to end the two-Test series in a 1-1 draw. With this win, Sri Lanka has moved up from 6th place to third in the ICC World Test Championship points table. With this, Sri Lanka has become the first team in this cycle of the World Championship to beat Australia.
Before this Test match, Australia was at the top of the points table. The squad had won 6 out of 9 games. But now, after losing to Sri Lanka, their win percentage has come down from 77.78 to 70%. Talking about the points table of the ICC World Test Championship, Australia has played ten matches so far in which they have registered 84 points with six wins, one loss and three draws.
After winning this match, Sri Lanka has reached the third position in the points table, leaving behind Pakistan, India and West Indies. Talking about the Sri Lankan team, before this match, their winning percentage was 47.62, but after winning this match, their winning percentage went up to 54.17. From here, the Sri Lankan team can still qualify for the finals of the WTC.
ICC WTC 2021-2023: When is Sri Lanka’s next test match?
After this match, South Africa reached the top position, and Australia slipped to second place. South Africa is ahead of Australia by a 1.43 point percentage. Australia will play the next Test match after the T20 World Cup 2022. Before that, he has to play ODIs and T20 matches. Australia’s next Test match will be against South Africa in December.
On the other hand, Sri Lanka will play two Test matches against Pakistan this month. If Sri Lanka wins both the Test matches, it can reach the top two. After this match in the ICC World Test Championship points table, Pakistan is in fourth place, India is in fifth, West Indies in the sixth, England in seventh, New Zealand in eighth and Bangladesh in ninth place.
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