Team India led by Rohit Sharma has strengthened its position in the World Test Championship points table by defeating Bangladesh by 280 runs in the Chennai Test. India now has 86 points in the WTC points table with 7 wins in 10 matches. India’s win percentage is 71.66 and Team India has strengthened its lead by staying on the first position. India is now 9.16 percentage points ahead of Australia, which is at number-2. However, it has not been decided yet whether Team India will qualify for the WTC final or not.
If we take a look at the WTC points table, after India, the defending champions Australia are next in the list with 62.50 percent points. Apart from these two teams, the other 7 teams in the list have less than 60 percent points. In such a situation, this time too, the chances of the WTC final being between India and Australia are high. Let us know what Team India will have to do to qualify for the WTC final for the third consecutive time-
This is the third cycle of WTC, India had earlier qualified for the finals of the first two cycles, but both times Team India missed out on winning the title. In the 2019-21 cycle, New Zealand defeated India in the final, while in the 2021-23 cycle, Australia defeated India in the final. Now Team India will be eyeing to reach the final for the third consecutive time and end the title drought.
India still has to play 9 more Tests in the WTC 2023-25 ​​cycle. One Test is left against Bangladesh, after which Team India has to host New Zealand for a 3-match Test series. After these four Tests, the Indian team will fly to Australia, where they have to play 5 more Tests in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
To secure its place in the WTC final, Team India will have to win at least 5 more Tests out of these remaining 9 Tests. If the team wins the remaining four Test matches on home soil, then Rohit Sharma and brigade can play fearlessly in the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
If Team India wins 5 out of the next 9 Tests and loses 4, then they will have 63.15 percent points in their account. If we look at the history of WTC, 60 percent points are enough to qualify for the final.