ICC World Test Championship Points Table: India Lose Points For The First Time, New Zealand Advance
Updated - 24 Feb 2020, 11:26 AM
India’s seven-match winning run in the ICC World Test Championship came to an end on Monday with a heavy 10-wicket defeat at the hands of New Zealand. With the loss, India dropped their first points in the World Test Championship while New Zealand gained their first point since August last year.
Resuming on 144/4, and trailing by 39 runs, India failed to deliver with the bat again and were all out for just 191 to give New Zealand a target of only 9 runs. Overnight batsmen Ajinkya Rahane departed in the third over of the day while Hanuma Vihari fell in the next over which sealed India’s fate.
Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma added 27 runs for the eighth wicket which helped India avoid an innings defeat. Tim Southee finished with figures of 5 for 61 while Trent Boult also impressed, taking 4/39.
With nine runs needed for victory, Tom Latham and Tom Blundell took only 10 balls to ease past the target, and secure New Zealand’s 100th Test win.
A 10 wicket win at the @BasinReserve to start the series! Tom Blundell hits the winning runs in the team's 100th Test victory. The 20th at the Basin. Scorecard | https://t.co/vWdNIMMIwd #NZvIND pic.twitter.com/yK9285KTFQ
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 24, 2020
World Test Championship Points Table:
Despite the loss, India are still comfortably placed at the top of the points table with 360 points from 8 Tests. No other team in the world has touched the 300-point mark so far. Australia are at the second spot with 296 points from 10 matches. England and Pakistan are at third and fourth spot with 146 and 140 points respectively.
On the other hand, New Zealand leapfrogged Sri Lanka to take the fifth spot. The Black Caps have 120 points from six Tests and will be looking to increase the tally in the second Test. Sri Lanka are sixth with 80 points while South Africa are at seventh spot with 24 points. Bangladesh and West Indies are yet to open their accounts.
Here is the updated ICC World Test Championship Points Table:
| Rank | Team | Series Played | Matches Played | Matches Won | Matches Tied | Matches Drawn | Matches Lost | Points |
| 1 | India | 4* | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 360 |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 296 |
| 3 | England | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 146 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 140 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 3* | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 120 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 80 |
| 7 | South Africa | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | West Indies | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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