IND vs ENG: The third match of the 5-match Test series against England was in the name of Team India. In this match held in Rajkot on Sunday, the Indian team defeated England by 434 runs. With this big victory, Team India also got a big advantage in the points table of the World Test Championship 2023-25. Now Team India has reached second place in the WTC points table.
England has reached 8th position in the WTC points table
New Zealand team is at the first position in the WTC 2023-25 points table. Kiwi team has 75 PCT in its account. The Indian team is in second place here with 59.52 PCT. Australia is in third place. Kangaroo team is carrying 55 PCT. After this defeat, the condition of England has become very bad. England has reached 8th position in the points table. Only 21.87 pct is left in his account. In the Rajkot Test, England also suffered a big loss of WTC points due to slow over rate. He had to suffer a loss of 19 points.
The Indian team has played 7 matches so far in the current cycle of WTC. Of these, it has won four and faced defeat in two. One match of Team India has also been a draw. This time Team India started its WTC journey with the West Indies tour. Team India had won 1-0 in that two-match series. After this, Team India played a 1-1 draw in the two-match Test series against South Africa. At the same time, in the current series against England, Team India is leading by 2-1.
Huge victory in Rajkot Test:
Indian team defeated England by 434 runs in Rajkot. This was India’s biggest win in terms of runs in the matches between India and England so far. Ravindra Jadeja was elected ‘Player of the Match’ in this match. He also played an innings of 112 runs in this match and also took a total of 7 wickets. Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan also performed strongly. While Rohit scored a century in the first innings, Yashasvi scored a double century in the third innings. Sarfaraz scored quick half-centuries in both the innings of India.
