Australia is in danger of being out of WTC final, Team India’s path is easy, understand the whole equation

New Delhi: With an innings and 132-run win over Australia (IND vs AUS) in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, India came close to securing a place in the second Test Championship (WTC) final. At the same time, with this defeat, the wait for the Pat Cummins-led team to confirm the place for the title round has increased. With this victory, second-ranked India has 61.67 per cent marks while number one Australia has 70.83 per cent marks. The final match of the Test Championship is to be played over England in June.

India needs two wins

India need to win two of the remaining three matches of the series to achieve a minimum scoring percentage of 62.50, which will knock third-placed Sri Lanka out of the race. If India wins all the remaining three matches, the best possible percentage for the team is 68.06. India’s innings win extended Australia’s wait in the race for the WTC final, while England and West Indies’ hopes of securing a place in the Test Championship 2022-23 cycle suffered a blow.

Sri Lanka is also a contender along with Australia

Australia have a decent points percentage to reach the WTC final but a 0-4 loss to India could put third-placed Sri Lanka back in the running as they also have a two-match Test series against New Zealand from next week. Is. But if Rohit Sharma’s team makes a clean sweep in the series, Australia’s points percentage will drop to 59.64. If the Sri Lankan team wins both the Tests against New Zealand, their points percentage will go up to 61.1, which will be enough for them to pip Australia and clinch the WTC final spot.

According to calculations done by the ICC (International Cricket Council), ‘A win in the next three Tests for Australia would help them reach a minimum of 64.91 per cent points while a draw would fetch them 61.40 per cent points (provided no points on over-rate’). lose) so that he will have a chance to reach the final ahead of Sri Lanka. At the same time, Sri Lanka can reach only 61.11 marks with its best performance.

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