South Africa took a 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series after beating India by an innings and 32 runs. The Proteas proved to be too strong for India with both bat and ball and now find themselves at the top of the table in the World Test Championship standings and India faced a massive drop.
India are taking on South Africa in a two-match Test series with the first one being played in Centurion on Boxing Day. India find themselves in trouble with six wickets down including Virat Kohli who stayed for the longest. Kohli during his stay surpassed Rohit Sharma on a run-scoring list.
The Australia tour has begun on a rather bleak note for the Pakistan cricket team as they lost the first Test of the three-match series in Perth by a whopping 360 runs. If that wasn't enough, Pakistan have been slapped with a fine and a penalty as the Shan Masood-led side has slipped further in WTC.
The Indian team is set to play only its second series in the ongoing World Test Championship cycle starting December 26 against South Africa. However, before the two-match series, the two-time finalists have risen to the top of the point table after Pakistan dropped a game against Australia.
England and Australia were handed heavy penalties for maintaining slow over rates during Ashes 2023 and both teams have been significantly handicapped as far as the World Test Championship points table is concerned.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) came down heavily on England and Australia for maintaining slow over-rates throughout the Ashes 2023 series and slapped them with heavy penalties.
Ricky Ponting and Nasser Hussain have their say on England and Australia losing WTC points due to maintaining slow over-rates during the Ashes 2023.
The International Cricket Council has slapped England and Australia with heavy penalties for slow over-rate after the 2023 Ashes series.
Pakistan has raced to the top position on the points table of the ongoing World Test Championship 2023-25 after securing a clean sweep against Sri Lanka.
Team India qualified for the final in both the previous World Test Championship cycles, however, failed to cross the final hurdle as an ICC trophy continues to elude them.
Prior to India's first Test against West Indies, Australia were leading the WTC points table for the 2023-25 cycle with 12 points due to their 2-1 lead in Ashes 2023.
World Test Championship between India and Australia
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