DTVHINDIFormer English player claims, WTC has caused a lot of damage to Test cricket
Mark Butcher made this statement when South Africa announced its B team for the upcoming two-match Test series against New Zealand. Mark Butcher. (Photo by Philip Brown/Popperfoto/Popperfoto via Getty Images) Former England cricketer Mark Butcher has given a big statement regarding the World Test Championship. He himself is very upset to see the decline of Test cricket. According to Mark Butcher, the World Test Championship has harmed Test cricket further instead of improving it. Mark Butcher made this statement when South Africa announced its B team for the upcoming two-match Test series against New Zealand. Let us tell you, due to SA20, many experienced players of South Africa will not participate in this test series and many people have strongly criticized the franchise league tournament for this very thing. Mark Butcher said on the Wisden Cricket Weekly podcast, ‘The one thing they did to save Test cricket was the World Test Championship. The point is that your bilateral series has to capture the imagination of the fans and the players of the two countries playing in it. Then there’s the wider audience of cricket and the only way to do that is to be competitive and it’s always been that way. It’s like surrender: Mark Butcher Mark Butcher further said, ‘Wherever this has happened, change has been seen. There has also been an increase in the salaries of players. I have no problem with all these things that are being discussed between the board and the players but this is like surrender. Let us tell you, ICC started organizing the World Test Championship in 2019. A total of 61 matches were played in the first cycle of the World Test Championship. In the first round, India had to face defeat by New Zealand in the final. After this, the final of the second round was played between India and Australia, in which India had to face defeat. IND vs AFG: Captain Rohit Sharma will give chance to these 11 players, see playing XI Not only Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians have also traded these players 5 batsmen who have scored more than 3 thousand runs in T20 International matches Top 10 batsmen who hit most sixes in IPL history IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans’ playing XI will be like this under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. 5 players who have scored the most centuries while opening in all formats of cricket Those 5 memorable innings of David Warner in Test cricket which are impossible to forget These 5 star cricketers can earn crores even by modeling IPL 2024: After taking over the captaincy of MI, Hardik Pandya will do whatever he wants, see playing XI 5 test matches which ended in the fewest overs
WTC 2023-25 Points Table: Australia reaches top in WTC points table after defeating Pakistan in Sydney Test
Australia defeated Pakistan 3-0 in the series Australia Cricket Team (Image Source: WTC 2023-25 Points Table: Australia has made a clean sweep of the visiting team in the three-match series by defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets on the last day of the Sydney Test match. After this victory, the Kangaroo team has reached the top of the points table of the World Test Championship (WTC 2023-25). Team India has slipped to second place. Let us tell you that this is Australia’s fifth win in the WTC 2023-25 cycle and with 56.25 percent it has 54 points. After this, India is at second place with 54.16 percent and 26 points. Whereas South Africa is at third position with 50 percent and 12 points. Australia also number-1 in test ranking Earlier, the Indian team was at number-1 position in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table, when it defeated South Africa by 7 wickets in the Cape Town Test match. However, this number-1 position could not remain with him for long. Now Australia has secured the first position. Let us tell you that Australia is also at the first position in the Test rankings, while the Indian team has lost one place and is at the second position. The no. 1-ranked Test team are at the top of the WTC table after beating Pakistan 3-0 🏆#AUSvPAK pic.twitter.com/SaULV9HAMB — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) January 6, 2024 Now changes can be seen in the points table of this World Test Championship after the India vs England Test series. The England team is ranked 8th in this WTC 2023-25 points table, if it is successful in winning the series against India, then it will be on the way to strengthen its position. Let us tell you that Team India has already made it to the finals of the first two cycles of the World Test Championship. But he has faced defeat in the finals both times. New Zealand defeated for the first time, while recently Australia won the title by defeating India in the WTC final. read this also- David Warner turned out to be ‘big-hearted’, gave his most precious thing as a gift on the field itself.
WTC 2023-25 Points Table: Team India reached the top in the WTC points table after defeating South Africa by 7 wickets.
India has ended the 2-match Test series with South Africa with a 1-1 draw. Team India (Image Credit- Twitter) After losing the first Test match against South Africa, India made a brilliant comeback in the second Test match held in Cape Town. It is noteworthy that India has defeated host South Africa by 7 wickets in the second test match. So now the benefit of this victory has reached the Indian team in the points table of the World Cup Test Championship. Let us tell you that with this victory, the Indian team has reached the first position in the points table of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25. Let us tell you that this is India’s second win in the ongoing cycle. After the defeat in the Centurion Test match, India had reached number six, but after winning in Cape Town, India has managed to achieve the title of number one. Let us tell you that India is currently at the first position with 54.16 percent points, whereas currently it has 26 points. After India, South Africa is at second place with 12 points and New Zealand is at third place with the same number of points. See the status of WTC point table after India’s victory over South Africa position Team point percentage points Victory Garland draw Penalty 1 India 54.16 26 2 1 1 -2 2 South Africa 50.00 12 1 1 0 0 3 New Zealand 50.00 12 1 1 0 0 4 Australia 50.00 42 4 2 1 -10 5 bangladesh 50.00 12 1 1 0 0 6 Pakistan 45.83 22 2 2 0 -2 7 west indies 16.67 4 0 1 1 0 8 England 15.00 9 2 2 1 -19 9 Sri Lanka 0.00 0 0 2 0 0 Also, let us tell you that further changes may be seen in this point table after the result of the third test match between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney. If Pakistan is successful in winning this match, then it will obviously strengthen its position in the points table. Apart from this, let us tell you that India had earlier succeeded in making it to the finals of the first two rounds of the World Test Championship, but it had to face defeat in the finals every time. However, this time India will be eyeing not only a place in the WTC final but also the title. Also read- ‘Why do you keep test matches for 5 days?’ Aakash Chopra gave a shocking statement on the early end of test matches. IPL 2024: This strong playing XI of RCB will now bring the trophy to the franchise. Top 10 teams making lowest scores against India in Test cricket These 5 Indian batsmen have never been able to score a Test century in South Africa These 10 big records will be broken in international cricket in 2023 7 big pictures of the year 2023 which made headlines 5 bowlers who will take the most wickets in test cricket in the year 2023 5 big cricketers…
WTC Points Table 2023-25: After losing the Centurion Test, Team India suffered another blow, India fell to fifth position.
Indian Cricket Team (Image Credit- Twitter X) India suffered a humiliating defeat by an innings and 32 runs in the first match of the two-match Test series against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. This defeat not only shattered India’s dream of winning the Test series in South Africa, but also brought down Rohit Sharma’s team from the top position in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. India were unbeaten in the 2023-2025 cycle of the WTC before the first Test against the Proteas. The Asian team had won one Test and drawn the other against West Indies in July. Now, they have tasted defeat for the first time and have slipped to fifth place with 16 points and 44.44 percentage points (PCT). Meanwhile, Temba Bavuma & Co. topped the table with 12 points and 100% win percentage. SA v IND: Status of World Test Championship points table of Centurion Test match After South Africa in the points table, Pakistan is at second place with 22 points and 61.11 percentage points in 3 matches. New Zealand is at third position with 12 points and 50 percentage points in 2 matches. After this is Bangladesh. Bangladesh has 12 points and 50 percentage points from 2 matches. The Indian team is at fifth position with 16 points and 44.44 percentage points in 3 test matches. Talking about the first test of the series, on the basis of KL Rahul’s excellent century, Team India managed to score 245 runs in its first innings against South Africa. When the South African team came to bat in the first innings, the pitch was a little easy for batting. Dean Elgar scored a brilliant 185 runs for the African team. South Africa took a huge lead of 163 runs in the first innings. In the second innings too, the performance of the Indian batsmen was very poor and they were out for just 131 runs. Virat Kohli fought single-handedly for the team in the second innings, scoring 76 runs in 82 balls. While Kagiso Rabada performed brilliantly by taking five wickets in the first innings, Nandre Berger stole the limelight. Also read: Khiladi Kumar understands Shikhar Dhawan’s pain
With one foot in WTC final, India thinking of simulating English conditions in Ahmedabad for fourth India-Australia Test – DTVHINDI
Representative image of groundsmen spraying water on the pitch of the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji India are on course to reach their second straight World Test Championship final and if they end up winning here, a pace-friendly track could be laid out in the final game of the series in Ahmedabad to prepare for the summit clash in London in June. Before the start of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, India needed to beat Australia 3-0 or 3-1 to qualify for the WTC final and keep the destiny in their own hands. India skipper Rohit Sharma doesn’t want to jump the gun but, ahead of the third Test beginning at the Holkar Stadium on Wednesday, he said the team has already spoken about simulating English conditions in the fourth and final game against Australia. There is a strong possibility that India might end up facing Australia in the WTC final. “It will be a different ball game (facing Australia in England) for both teams, actually. There is definitely a possibility of that (Ahmedabad as preparatory game for WTC final). We have already spoken about it. We need to get the guys ready for it,” Rohit said in a media interaction. The WTC final will be played at The Oval in London from June 7-11, right after the IPL. Rohit Sharma said Shardul Thakur becomes an important member of the side in overseas conditions. “The important one is Shardul Thakur, because he comes into the planning for us. We don’t know how ready he is since he has just got married (laughs). We don’t know how many overs he has bowled. But that thought process is definitely there. “If we get the result we want here (Indore), we might think of doing something different in Ahmedabad for sure. “But we are not there yet. We have to win this game and then talk about it. That’ll be the right thing to do,” he said. ‘You are never in on these wickets’ India are well on their way to their 16th straight series win at home. Rohit feels reaching the WTC final will be a big achievement for his team, as winning even at home has not been easy. “Yes there are home conditions but they are challenging conditions; it is not easy for the batters to score runs consistently.” Australia have collapsed in the second innings of both the Tests and Rohit said it shows how hard it is to play in Indian conditions. “Yeah….that’s the beauty of this game and the pitches we are playing on. It can happen to us as well, not just them. I played 200 balls in Nagpur and never felt set. It just takes one ball to grip or keep low and you are out. On pitches like this, you are never in. “Yes, we have quality spinners who can change things around just like that but that does not give us the guarantee that we are going to win the Test or roll them over in one session. We…
