World Test Championship: India enhance ultimate possibilities, climb WTC standings after 188-run win over Bangladesh

India have boosted their possibilities of showing at subsequent 12 months’s ICC World Test Championship ultimate with a complete 188-run victory over a gritty Bangladesh in Chattogram on Sunday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 18, 2022 11:14 IST

World Test Championship: India enhance ultimate possibilities after 188-run win over Bangladesh (AP Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: India improved their possibilities of reaching the ICC World Test Championship ultimate subsequent 12 months with a 188-run victory over a tenacious Bangladesh in Chattogram on Sunday.

Despite a robust rearguard motion from Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan (84), the hosts’ ultimate 4 wickets all fell earlier than lunch on the ultimate day, as India took the primary Test collection victory. The majority of the harm was carried out by spinners Axar Patel (4/77) and Kuldeep Yadav (3/73) who shared seven Bangladesh wickets within the second innings and helped India climb into the World Test Championship standings.

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India obtain a beneficial 12 factors courtesy of the triumph and now have a 55.77 win proportion as they near a top-two end on the finish of the present World Test Championship interval. The victory sees India leap in entrance of Sri Lanka and as much as third within the present standings, with pacesetters Australia and second-placed South Africa the one groups in entrance of them.

The excellent news for India is that these two groups are presently battling it out in a three-match collection of their very own in Australia, which means India could possibly make additional inroads through the the rest of their collection in Bangladesh. The second and ultimate Test of the collection commences in Mirpur on Thursday and one other win there might even see India shut in on the main two groups.

India host Australia for 4 Test matches throughout February and March subsequent 12 months and wish to complete within the high two locations within the standings to make back-to-back appearances within the World Test Championship ultimate. India have been defeated by New Zealand within the inaugural World Test Championship ultimate at Lord’s final 12 months and shall be eager to make amends for that loss if they will attain the 2023 decider.

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Dec 18, 2022