DTVHINDIWTC Final Qualification: If IND vs BAN 2nd Test match is a draw, how will India qualify for the WTC Final?
What will be the impact on the World Test Championship points table if the second Test match between India and Bangladesh (IND vs BAN 2nd Test) is cancelled? Team India (Image Credit- Twitter X) WTC Points Table If India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test Match gets Draw: The second Test of the 2-Test series between India and Bangladesh is going on at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur. The shadow of rain is looming over this match. The first day of the match was washed out by rain after a few overs. After which it is raining heavily on the second day also. Due to rain, both the teams went to the hotel and it seems that the second day’s match will also be cancelled. Now the biggest question is, if India vs Bangladesh 2nd Test match is canceled due to rain, then what will be the impact on the World Test Championship Standings (Updated World Test Championship Standings After IND vs BAN 2nd Test)? WTC Final Qualification Scenario 2023-25 (World Test Championship Scenario) So far, the dominance of the Indian team is visible in the points table of the World Test Championship. The Indian team is at the top position in this ranking. Team India is on top with 71.67 percent marks. For the last few series, the Indian team has been occupying the top position. Whereas Bangladesh team is at sixth position with 39.29 percent marks. How can India qualify for the WTC final if the second Test is drawn? India currently top the World Test Championship table with a PCT of 71.67 after 10 matches. The team is in a position to reach its third consecutive final. A 2–0 series win against Bangladesh would have meant that India would have needed only three wins in the remaining eight matches to secure a place in the final, three of which would have been against New Zealand on home soil. If rain disrupts the second match, India will have to win five of the next eight matches, provided the other top two contenders do not lose any points. Therefore, India will have to clean sweep New Zealand 3-0 at home and win at least two Tests in the five-match Border-Gavaskar series against Australia. India has won the series in Australia on two previous occasions, but the challenge still remains a daunting one. In the World Test Championship, the team that wins the test match gets 12 points. If the match is a draw then both the teams get 4 points each. In such a situation, if India wins this match, then the position of the Indian team in the points table will be strengthened with 74.24 points. But if the match is drawn or canceled then the average win of the Indian team will be 68.18 percent. In such a situation, if this match is canceled then Bangladesh will benefit and the tension of the Indian team will increase.
Duleep Trophy 2024: Ishan Kishan’s century went in vain, India B vs India C fourth match ended in a draw
Ishan Kishan played a brilliant century innings of 111 runs for India C. India B vs India C (Image Credit- Twitter X) The fourth match of Duleep Trophy 2024 was played between India B and India C at the Rural Development Trust Stadium in Anantapur. Let us tell you that no result was seen in this match which lasted for four days. So in the end, after the consent of both the captains, the match was ended in a draw. However, in the first innings of the match, wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan played a brilliant century of 111 runs for India C, which was of no use to the team after the match was drawn. Also, in response to Kishan’s century, Abhimanyu Easwaran, playing the captaincy innings for India B, also gave a great reply by scoring 157 runs. Status of India B and India C match On the other hand, if we tell you about the match in detail, then India B won the toss and decided to bowl and while batting first, India C scored 525 runs after 124.1 overs in the first innings. Apart from Kishan’s century, team opener and captain Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 58, Sai Sudarshan scored 43, Rajat Patidar scored 40, Baba Indrajit scored 78, Manav Suthar scored 82 and Anshul Kamboj scored 38 runs. While for India B, Mukesh Kumar and Rahul Chahar took 4-4 wickets and Navdeep Saini and Nitish Reddy took 1-1 wickets. After this, India B lost all its wickets in the first innings at a total score of 332 runs in 108 overs. Apart from openers Abhimanyu Easwaran (157) and N Jagadeesan (70), no other player could play a big innings for the team. In bowling, Anshul Kamboj took the maximum 8 wickets for India C, while Vijaykumar Vaishak and Mayank Markande got 1-1 wickets. India C had scored 128 runs for the loss of 4 wickets after 37 overs in the second innings before the match was drawn. Baba Indrajit 5* and Abhishek Porel 4* were present at the crease at this time. Sai Sudarshan 11, Gaikwad 62 and Patidar 42 were out.
‘We hurt the confidence of our batsmen’: Harbhajan Singh on Test cricket ending in a 2-3 draw
Let’s know what Harbhajan Singh said Harbhajan Singh (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh has recently been seen criticizing the Indian management. In this criticism, Harbhajan has blamed the management for preparing spin-friendly pitches when Test matches end in 2-3 days. On the other hand, pitches are always a topic of discussion when it comes to Test matches, especially in India, when big teams like Australia and England come to India to play. The Indian management always focuses on making such pitches that help the host team. So sometimes, not only foreign teams face difficulty in batting on spin friendly pitches, but Indian batsmen also seem to be quite troubled. Big batsmen like Virat Kohli have also been affected by this in the recent past. It is worth noting that among the players who have played more than 8 Test matches in India after the year 2020, only Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill and Ravindra Jadeja have an average above 40. But now giving a big statement on this, Harbhajan has said that pitches play an important role in the game, but when the pitch starts turning from 3-4 days in a Test match, this is not seen now. And due to this the confidence of the batsmen has decreased. Harbhajan Singh gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent interview to Sports Tak, Harbhajan Singh said- We have started playing on pitches that take more turn. We wanted to win and we won but do we want to win in two and a half days? I think, if we had prepared normal pitches that would have started turning from the third and fourth day, we would have still won but the batsmen would have got time to settle in. We would not have been discussing the problems our batsmen have against spinners. We have hurt the confidence of our batsmen, because on those pitches anyone gets out cheaply.
“No draw, we got it…”, Virat Kohli’s words changed the atmosphere in the dressing room, Karn Sharma revealed
His words gave a great signal to the players in the dressing room that your captain has different plans – Karn Sharma Virat Kohli & Karan Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) A new era of the Indian team in Test cricket began under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. India achieved a historic victory in the Test series against Australia and drew the series in England. Virat’s aggressive captaincy has greatly influenced the players. Karn Sharma made his Test debut under the captaincy of Virat Kohli during India’s tour of Australia in 2014-15. This was also the only Test match of the spinner’s career. Recently, Karn Sharma shared a memorable story from the first Test of the series in Adelaide. Different captains have different approaches- Karn Sharma The first Test match of the series in the 2014-15 Australia tour was also Virat Kohli’s first match as captain. Australia declared their second innings at 290 runs and India got a huge target of 363 runs. Karn Sharma, who was part of the dressing room, said that captain Virat Kohli’s goal was to win rather than draw. While talking on Manjot Kalra’s YouTube channel, Karan Sharma said, We were chasing more than 300 runs in that match and Virat said no draw, we will chase it. This brought a lot of positivity among many players in the dressing room, it was a different approach. Different captains have different approaches. But his words gave a great signal to the players in the dressing room, that your captain has a different plan. While chasing the target against Australia, India lost 2 wickets at a score of 57. After which the partnership of Virat and Murali Vijay brought the team back. There was a partnership of 185 runs for the third wicket between the two batsmen. Kohli had brought the team close to victory by playing a brilliant innings of 141 runs in 175 balls. But then the next four wickets fell in a span of 62 runs. Murali Vijay’s innings of 99 runs could not save Team India from a 48-run defeat. Karna further said, He (Virat Kohli) always gave the impression that everything was fine. Through his preparations, fitness and mental approach, Kohli never seemed to be upset or bothered by the fact that he had a bad Test series.
I had to draw blood from my ankle…I had to take 3-3 injections – Hardik Pandya said about his injury
Hardik Pandya was injured in the match against Bangladesh in the World Cup 2023. Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Twitter X) After waiting for months, Hardik Pandya is all set to return to the cricket field with Mumbai Indians in the upcoming 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL). The Indian all-rounder suffered a serious injury during the ODI World Cup league match against Bangladesh in October last year, due to which he was ruled out of the entire tournament. Recently, Pandya talked about the injury he suffered during the World Cup match. While trying to stop Liton Das’s powerful straight drive, Pandya suffered an ankle injury due to which he had to leave the field suddenly. Following this, he was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament. Hardik Pandya made a big revelation about his ankle injury. Hardik Pandya said on Star Sports, “I had told the management that I will return after 5 days, then I got injections done at three places on my ankle, I had to draw blood from my ankle, I wanted to give everything, then as As I was pushing, it became serious. 3 months of injury, I was not able to walk, still I was taking pain killers for 10 days to move forward for the last time, because playing for your country is the biggest pride, but I missed it.” The star all-rounder further said that, I don’t start preparing for any tournament 2-3 months in advance. Preparations for the World Cup had started a year in advance. I made my daily routine. It was a strange injury. Very few people know that my injury was long because when I got injured it was only for 25 days. When I left the team, I told them, I’m coming back in 5 days.” Let us tell you that Pandya will lead Mumbai Indians this season. Whereas Rohit Sharma will play as a player under his captaincy. After that, Rohit Sharma will lead Team India in the T-20 World Cup and Hardik Pandya will be the vice-captain of the team.
