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India had to face a crushing defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the Pune Test. New Zealand defeated India by runs. In this way, the Indian team has lost the 3-match series. At the same time, New Zealand has built an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Test series. In the first test match played in Bengaluru, New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets and now created a new history by sweeping the dust with runs in the second test. In fact, the Indian team has faced defeat in the home test series after 12 years. Before this, the Indian team had to lose the test series at the hands of England in the year 2012.
New Zealand, who batted first in the Pune Test, scored 259 runs in the first innings. In response, the Indian team collapsed for just 156 runs in the first innings. After this, New Zealand scored 255 runs in the second innings and gave a target of 359 runs to the host team, India, for victory. Chasing this objective, the Indian team could only score 235 runs in the second innings.
India suffered terrible losses
Apart from losing the Test series, the Indian team suffered a huge loss in the points table of the World Test Championship i.e. WTC. New Zealand, on the other hand, has gained positions in the table. If we look at the points table of the World Test Championship, team India was at number one even before the Pune Test and it is still at number one. Yes, what has definitely happened is that now the PCT gap between India and Australia has narrowed considerably. Before the Pune Test, the Indian team's PCT was 68.06, which has now fallen to 62.82 with the loss in this match. While Australia's PCT is only 62.50, because Australia has not played any Test match since March 2024.
India and Australia maintain their dominance in the top 2
Meanwhile, if we talk about other teams, Sri Lanka team is ranked third after India and Australia. Sri Lanka PCT is currently 55.56. After winning the series, New Zealand overtook South Africa and took fourth position with 50.00 PCT. The South African team has lost one place and has now fallen to fifth place.
On the other hand, Pakistan team managed to win the test series at home after a long time which gave them a huge lead in the World Test Championship points table. Pakistan team has now reached number 7. Pakistan's PCT is 33.33. At the same time, the English team has fallen to sixth position with a PCT of 40.79. After Pakistan won the series, Bangladesh team also dropped one place to 8th position while West Indies team moved to the lowest position i.e. 9th position.
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