India consolidate second position in WTC standing with five-wicket win against England
Dubai, Feb 26 (PTI) India consolidated their second spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) standing following their five-wicket win against Ben Stokes’ England in the fourth Test at Ranchi on Monday.
India’s point-percentage jumped from 59.52 to 64.58 following the hard-fought win and they further extended the gap with Australia (55%) and Bangladesh (50%), third third and fourth-placed teams, respectively.
England, on the other hand, are languishing at eighth with 19.44%, just a spot ahead of bottom-placed Sri Lanka, who are yet to open their account.
India have so far played eight Tests in the current WTC cycle, winning five, losing two and drawing one match.
England’s ‘Bazball’ approach doesn’t seem to have given them rich dividends with the visitors having won just three matches, while losing five and drawing one so far.
New Zealand are leading the standing with 75 percentage points and have played just four Test so far.
