London: After the defeat in the fifth Test, the Indian team has also suffered a big blow in the World Test Championship Points Table. Due to the slow over speed in the Test match, India has suffered a loss of 2 points, due to which the Indian team has now come fourth in the points table. Apart from the cutting of points, India has also been fined 40 per cent of the match fee.

It has benefited the Pakistan which is now at number three. In such a situation, now if Team India has to reach the final now, then it will have to win all its remaining Test series. Currently, India’s team has 52.08 percent points while there are 75 points.

Pakistan’s team has benefited from this and is now at number three. Pakistan is yet to play a 2-Test series against Sri Lanka. In the World Test Championship, Pakistan has 52.38 win percentage points and a total of 44 points.

In the fifth Test match played at Edgbaston, England defeated India by 7 wickets to draw the series 2-2. India had given England a target of 378 runs, which England achieved by losing 3 wickets. This is England’s biggest run chase in the history of Test cricket. During England’s innings, Joe Root played an unbeaten innings of 142 runs while Bairstow remained unbeaten on 114 runs.

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