WTC Points Table: Team India’s hopes for conquering ‘final frontier’ were crushed and buried after they suffered an embarrassing innings and 32-run defeat against South Africa in IND vs SA 1st Test on Thursday.
Having scored 245 in the first innings, the Indian batting suffered a horror collapse as they were bundled out for 131 in 34.1 overs in the second innings in reply to South Africa’s 408. The Proteas thus took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the two-match Test series.
The heavy defeat saw India lose the top spot in the updated World Test Championship (2023-25) table. The Rohit Sharma-led side slipped to sixth spot in WTC Points Table.
India now have 38.89 percentage points, while South Africa moved to top spot with 100 percentage points.
Team India will now look to draw the series when they will play the final match of the tour in Cape Town from January 3-7.
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Meanwhile, the hosts will be without their regular skipper Temba Bavuma, who has been ruled out of the Test due to hamstring injury.
