Pat Cummins broke the back of India's batting order in the second innings of the pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval. The right-arm speedster claimed a match-winning five-wicket haul in the second innings.
From Joe Root to Babar Azam, here is a list of five players who have scored the most number of fifty-plus scores in the history of the World Test Championship.
Marco Jansen produced a memorable spell in the first innings to bowl out Sri Lanka on their lowest-ever Test total of 42. Jansen picked 7 wickets to set a new world record for the best bowling figures by a fast bowler in WTC history.
World Test Championship was first introduced in 2019 and since then, the format has kept the fans hooked to Test cricket. The third edition is already in progress and the teams are fighting to make it to the final. Meanwhile, let us have a look at the best bowling performances in WTC history.
This is only India's second Test win in Perth and their first at the Optus Stadium. Their first-ever Test win in Perth had come at the WACA during the 2007-08 Test series. Notably, India are still in contention to qualify for the WTC final.
The World Test Championship (WTC) was introduced by the ICC in 2019 and since then, a lot of Indian players have scored truckloads of runs in the longest format of the game. Here are the top five run-scorers for the country in WTC history with almost three editions done.
The World Test Championship was introduced in 2019 and the third edition is being played at the moment. New Zealand and Australia have won the first two editions and it remains to be seen if one of the teams will be able to win it for the second time.
India's next assignment is a five-match Test series against the reigning WTC champions, Australia. India's performance in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy will determine whether they go on to play their third-consecutive WTC final or not.
Ravindra Jadeja was the star with the ball in hand for India in a losing cause as he claimed the third 10-wicket haul of his illustrious Test career. Notably, South Africa had beaten India 2-0 (2) in 2000 and it was the last time India failed to win a match in a Test series at home.
Joe Root has been smashing records for fun over the last few years with the bat. He scored 262 runs in the first Test against Pakistan but couldn't notch up a big score in the second Test. However, the former England captain is once again closing in on the world record in the third Test.
Harry Brook continued his magnificent form across all three formats as he brought up his sixth Test century in Multan against Pakistan on the third day of the first Test. Brook surpassed Virat Kohli in the World Test Championship list while equalling Mohinder Amarnath and Aravinda de Silva.
The Pakistan vs England Test series is set to kick off in Multan on Monday, October 7. While the series is important for both the teams from the World Test Championship (WTC) points perspective, players from both teams are on the verge of achieving huge personal milestones.
Pakistan are tottering at number eight on the ICC World Test Championship points table. They have won only two of their seven games and lost five. Their PCT (Points Percentage System) is 19.05 and only West Indies have a worse PCT (18.52) than them.
India registered a big 7-wicket win in the second Test match against Bangladesh in Kanpur to clean sweep the two-match series. Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja picked three wickets each to bowl out Bangladesh to 146 in their second innings as India recorded their 8th win of the WTC 2023-25 cycle.
India created a plethora of records on the fourth day's play of the second Test against Bangladesh with their aggressive approach. Thanks to Jasprit Bumrah, they first skittled the visitors for 233 runs in the first innings and then smashed 285 runs to take a 52-run lead.
Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja produced a record-breaking partnership for the seventh wicket in the first innings against Bangladesh with the former scoring his third fifty-plus score at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
India's month-long break from international cricket is set to end on September 19 with the Test series against Bangladesh. The match will be played in Chennai which is the home ground of Ravichandran Ashwin who will be keen on breaking several records in the two-match series.
Pakistan's chances of reaching the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle are very slim. They are languishing in the eighth spot with just two wins and five losses in seven games.
Team India have been fairly consistent in the previous two World Test Championship (WTC) cycles. They suffered an eight-wicket loss at the hands of New Zealand in their first WTC final appearance and lost to Australia in the summit clash by 209 runs in their second attempt.
England are placed seventh on the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) points table with six wins and as many losses in 13 games. On the other hand, Sri Lanka are fourth with two wins and as many losses in four games.
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