After the defeat of Sri Lanka, India has reached the final of the WTC i.e. World Test Championship. The title match will be against Australia in June. New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by two wickets in an important match of WTC on Monday. After this the way for Team India was cleared. Australia topped the WTC tournament table. At the same time, India has confirmed the place at number two.

The final match of the World Test Championship will be held at the Oval Cricket Ground in London from 7 to 11 June. ICC has kept one day reserve for the match. This is the second season of the World Test Championship.

India had earlier played the final against New Zealand in 2021. Then the Kiwi team defeated India by 8 wickets in Southampton.

First see the points table of WTC…

Now understand, how India benefited from Sri Lanka’s defeat
Team India has benefited from Sri Lanka’s loss. Sri Lanka lost the first test against New Zealand. Because of this, he has got 48.48% points in the points table. Now even if the Sri Lankan team wins the series 1-0, it will not have the same points as India.

On the other hand, now if the Indian team loses the fourth Test match as well, then it will be left with 56.94% points, which will be more than Sri Lanka.

India in WTC tournament: played 17 matches so far, won 10

Williamson scored a century, won the match
On the fifth day, New Zealand needed 257 runs to win. New Zealand started play ahead of the score of 28/1. Kane Williamson ensured the team’s victory by playing a century. Williamson scored an unbeaten century of 121 off 194 balls. He also hit 11 fours and a six during this period. Apart from Williamson, Daryl Mitchell played an important inning of 81 runs. For Sri Lanka, Asitha Fernando took the most 3 wickets. Apart from them, Prabhat Jayasuriya took 2 wickets, Kasun Rajitha and Lahiru Kumara took 1-1 wickets.