India knock South Africa out of World Test Championship race with an emphatic win over Australia

India’s comprehensive victory over Australia in the second Test of the four-match series has ended South Africa’s hopes of reaching this year’s ICC World Test Championship (WTC) final.

The six-wicket win in Delhi took India’s win-percentage to 64.06, but their place in June’s summit clash at The Oval is still not sure as they can still be overtaken by Sri Lanka if the results of upcoming games go against them.

Therefore, the race for the WTC final is now among the top three sides – Australia, India and Sri Lanka.

The highest winning percentage South Africa can claim is 55 percent, which is less than the lowest amount that India can finish on.

Though Australia are comfortably placed at the top in WTC standings with win percentage of 66.67, they are not locked in to play the final either.

The Pat Cummins-led side has to avoid a 4-0 series sweep against India or hope that Sri Lanka fail to whitewash New Zealand (2-0) in their upcoming Test series.

Remaining fixtures of ICC World Test Championship

• South Africa vs West Indies (First Test): February 28 – March 4, Centurion (South Africa)
• India vs Australia (Third Test): March 1-5, Indore (India)
• South Africa vs West Indies (Second Test): March 8-12, Johannesburg (South Africa)
• New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (First Test): March 9-13, Christchurch (New Zealand)
• India vs Australia (Fourth Test): March 9-13, Ahmedabad (India)
• New Zealand vs Sri Lanka (Second Test): March 17-21, Wellington (New Zealand)

Percentage chance of teams meeting in the WTC final

• Australia and India – 88.9%
• Australia and Sri Lanka – 8.3%
• India and Sri Lanka – 2.8 %

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February 20, 2023 at 01:43PM