India has taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match Test series by defeating England by a huge margin of 434 runs in the Rajkot Test. After Rajkot Test, Team India has also won the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25. At the same time, the England team had to face a heavy defeat in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025. Let us tell you that India has registered five wins out of seven in the WTC so far. With this, the England team has faced its fifth defeat. While on one hand the Indian team got the benefit of victory in the Rajkot Test, on the other hand England suffered a big loss after the defeat.
India has advantage in WTC points table
India has secured the top-2 position in the ICC Test Championship 2023-25 by winning the Rajkot Test. New Zealand team is in first place with 75 percent. Whereas the Indian team has reached second place with 59.52 percent. Meanwhile, India has played 7 test matches. In which he had to face 4 wins and 2 losses. Apart from this, one match against West Indies was a draw. With this, the England team has slipped to 8th place. Australia has reached third place. After 6 wins and 3 losses in 10 matches, their percentage is currently 55.
England suffer loss due to slow over rate
The England team lost 19 points due to bowling slow overs in the test. After which he has reached 8th place in the points table. England's current percentage is 21.87 points. After which only the Sri Lankan team is below this team. Now the England team's dream of playing the final of the ICC Test Championship has also been shattered.
India registers historic win in Rajkot Test
In the Rajkot Test, India defeated England by a huge margin of 434 runs. After which this is the biggest victory of Team India in terms of runs in Test. Earlier in 2021, the Indian team had defeated New Zealand by 372 runs. Let us tell you that after 1934, this is England's second biggest defeat in Tests. Earlier in 1934, Australia had defeated England by 562 runs. Coincidentally, India's biggest win in terms of innings in a Test match was also in Rajkot. Whereas in 2018, India defeated West Indies by an innings and 272 runs.