Team India WTC Final Scenario IND vs AUS Sydney Test: Four matches have been played so far in the Border-Gavaskar Test series and Australia has taken a 2-1 lead after winning the Melbourne Test. This series was very important for Team India from the point of view of World Test Championship (Team India in WTC Points Table), but the way Team India performed in the last four matches, it did not give any idea that they would win the match. They are demonstrating with full force. The series started with a match at the historic ground of Perth and Team India was successful in winning a Test match there after 2008.
This mistake of Team India made the journey to WTC difficult
After that, the remaining three matches played by Team India in the series did not look any tough. Especially if we talk about batting, apart from Virat’s one century in Perth, Yashasvi Jaiswal (Yashasvi Jaiswal vs AUS in BGT 2024) and Nitish Reddy (Nitish Reddy vs AUS) runs came from the bat and Jasprit Bumrah (Jasprit Bumrah vs AUS in BGT) came from the bowling. 2024-25) and Mohammed Siraj (Mohammed Siraj vs AUS BGT 2024) took the lead but the 2 – 1 series difference has pushed Team India to third place in the World Test Championship points table and after defeating Pakistan at number one. South Africa has gained possession with the maximum points.
If the Sydney Test is drawn, how will Team India reach the WTC final?
If we look at the answer to this, it is clear that if the Sydney Test between India and Australia (IND vs AUS Sydney Test) is a draw, then Team India will be shocked and will be out of the race for the World Test Championship. If we want to keep the hopes of WTC final alive then we will have to win the last test at any cost. In case of defeat or draw, Team India’s journey for WTC will end.
If India wins Sydney Test then the equation of WTC final will be like this
If Team India wins the last Test (Sydney Test), then India’s points will be 55.26, but it will not mean that the path to the World Test Championship (WTC Points Table 2023-25) will be easy for it. After that, India will have to keep an eye on the Test series to be played between Sri Lanka vs Australia (SL vs AUS Test). Team India can reach the final of WTC only in two situations, either Sri Lanka defeats Australia 2-0 or if Sri Lanka wins one match and one match is drawn, then Team India can reach the final, because in such a situation, Sri Lanka India will have 48.72 points while Australia will have 53.51 points, in such a situation both these teams will be behind India.