The visitor team Kiwis created history by winning the three-match Test series between India (IND) and New Zealand (NZ) 3-0, for the first time in the 24-year history of Test cricket, the Indian team has been whitewashed by any team. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma and company’s hopes of qualification in the World Test Championship 2023-25 (WTC 2023-25) are slowly fading away. Down below this article covers: QUALIFICATION SCENARIO OF INDIA for The World Test Championship 2024-25 FINAL After the Historic Test Series Lost Against New Zealand.
Before the New Zealand Test series, India needed four wins from eight matches to qualify for the World Test Championship 2023-25, but after Tom Latham and Team brilliant 3-0 series win, India will now have to win four out of the remaining five matches and draw one.
The Indian team will play its next Test series on Australian soil (Border-Gavaskar Trophy). This series is going to start from November 22. In Australian conditions, it is not going to be that easy for India to win four consecutive matches against the Kangaroos and draw one Test.
It is very important to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series
It is very important for the Indian team to win this series from the point of view of qualification in the World Test Championship 2024-25 FINAL. But the Australian pacers will not leave the Indian team so easily, all the players including captain Pat Cummins are desperate to defeat the Indian team in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
On the other hand, the Australian team needs five wins in seven Test matches (5 against India, 2 against Sri Lanka) to get a ticket to the World Test Championship 2023-25 final. Sri Lanka is at the third place in the points table of WTC 2023-25, the Sri Lankan team will have to win all its remaining four Tests for qualification, while New Zealand will have to win the remaining three-match Test series against England 3-0.
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