World Test Championship: Australia is at the top of the World Test Championship rankings. South Africa's team has gone down from Sri Lanka after losing the Boxing Day Test. India is number two.
AUS vs SA: Australia wins the series from South Africa after 17 years at home, India will benefit if Sydney Test wins
AUS beats SA: Australia beat South Africa by an innings and 182 runs in the Boxing Day Test.
WTC Points Table: Australia beat South Africa by an innings and 182 runs in the Boxing Day Test on Thursday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The Kangaroo team has won the Test series from South Africa for the first time since 2005-06. With this, the Proteas team's dream of winning the fourth consecutive Test series in Australia was shattered.
The victory of the Pat Cummins-led team benefited Team India given the final of the World Test Championship. The South African team will have to win the last Test to be held in Sydney to remain in the race for the final of the World Test Championship (WTC Final). Team India benefited from the victory of the Kangaroo team. If she is successful in making a clean sweep, then the way for Team India to reach the final will be easier. Currently, Australia is at the top of the rankings. In the final, he can face any one team from India, Sri Lanka, and South Africa.
World Test Championship points table after South Africa's defeat in the Boxing Day Test against Australia
Australia remains on top of the points table with an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match Test series against South Africa. His win percentage is 78.57. If the Pat Cummins-led team beats South Africa in the third and final Test, then its winning percentage will get stronger.
India at number two
India remains at number two after a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh last week. He has a win percentage of 58.93 ahead of the four-match Test series against Australia at home next year. If India wins three of those four matches, it will comfortably seal a place in the final of the World Test Championship next year.
South Africa fourth
Sri Lanka's team has reached number three with a win percentage of 53.3. At the same time, South Africa's team has suffered losses and is in fourth place with a win percentage of 50. Now South Africa will have to rely on other teams to qualify for the final of the World Test Championship. If the team wins the Sydney Test, then it will remain in the race to reach the final. After this, he will have to clean-sweep the West Indies in the two-match Test series. Apart from this, it has to be expected that Australia's team wins two Test matches against India.
How can the Sri Lankan team reach the final of the World Test Championship
On the other hand, if we talk about the Sri Lankan team, then to reach the final of the World Test Championship, they will have to clean sweep the World Test Champion New Zealand in New Zealand. Also, one has to hope that India and South Africa lose their remaining matches. England is fifth in the table after a 3-0 clean sweep of Pakistan. The Ben Stokes-led side has a win percentage of 46.97.
Bangladesh is at the bottom of the points table
West Indies is at number six with a win percentage of 40.91. Pakistan and New Zealand teams are currently playing the first Test of the two-match Test series in Karachi. They are seventh and eighth with win percentages of 38.89 and 25.93 respectively. Bangladesh is at the bottom of the points table with a poor win percentage of 11.11.
