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After losing the Border-Gavaskar series to Australia, Team India suffered another big blow, where it slipped from second to third place in the ICC Test team rankings. The team got this defeat after Pakistan’s defeat in the second test against South Africa. After eliminating Pakistan in the two-match Test series that ended at home, South Africa has now reached second place in the Test rankings.
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Australia, which is in first place in the Test ranking, has 126 points. At the same time, after registering a 2-0 win in the Test series against Pakistan, South Africa has become second with 112 points. India is in third place with 109 points. Let us tell you that Australia and South Africa have entered the final of the World Test Championship to be held in 2025, which will be played in June this year.
Before the series against Pakistan, South Africa was at third position in the table. On one hand, India’s 3-1 defeat at the hands of Australia and then a 2-0 win against Pakistan helped South Africa reach the second position. England is currently in fifth place with 106 points. In terms of points in the ranking, New Zealand and other teams are far away from the top-5. India’s arch-rivals are at seventh place in the Test rankings.
Kangaroo team on top
Team India, which has made it to the finals of the 2019-21 and 2021-23 World Test Championship, currently has 109 rating points. Kangaroo, who won the WTC title last time, is on top of the Test rankings with 126 rating points. The team is guaranteed to top the points table for WTC 2023-25 with 112 rating points. India, who failed to qualify for the WTC final for the first time in three seasons, got off to a great start in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a massive 295-run win over the Pat Cummins-led side at the Optus Stadium in November. , 2024. But after this, Rohit Sharma’s team lagged behind in the series, where they lost three of the next four matches, while one was a draw.
Great comeback of Kangaroo team
The Kangaroos, who defeated India by 209 runs in the WTC 2023 final at The Oval in June 2023, made a strong comeback after losing to Perth by 10 wickets in the next Test in Adelaide. The third test played in Brisbane was a draw. The team captured the coveted trophy ten years later in Melbourne and Sydney with wins by 184 runs and 6 wickets respectively. The first Test series win against India in 10 years not only helped Australia retain the number one Test ranking, but also helped the Kangaroos qualify for the World Test Championship final for the second consecutive season.
India is not in the final for the first time
When the final of the World Test Championship was played for the first time in 2021, India faced New Zealand, after which New Zealand won by 8 wickets and won the trophy. Team India also entered the 2023 finals two years later, but this time it lost to Australia by 209 runs. Now this is the first time that the Indian team will not play the World Test Championship.