The Indian squad has experienced its first defeat of this kind in twelve years after losing the Test series to New Zealand at home. Team India’s prospects of making it to the World Test Championship (WTC) final are still very much in the balance despite this setback, but with more obstacles.
India’s recent defeat in the second Test in Pune, where they lost by 113 runs, has sparked important conversations regarding the team’s future in the WTC competition. In his opinion, it is too early to consider the WTC, according to skipper Rohit Sharma.
“Considering WTC is premature. I believe the only reason I’m in pain is because we lost the game. What I’ll say is that. I can’t worry about the future, how it might impact our chances, and other things like that. I believe it hurts because we didn’t perform well enough in these two games. We didn’t win the series. Rohit stated during the news conference, “It’s obvious that that hurts.”
The third side in this century to win a Test series on Indian soil was New Zealand.
With 62.82 PCT and 98 points, India is presently leading the WTC points table after winning eight of 13 games. At 90 points and 62.50 PCT, Australia is in close second place. To keep their good position in the championship race, India needs to win at least three of the six games left in the current cycle.
Future plans call for India to face the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia in November. India is a strong possibility because to their outstanding record in Australia over the last six years, even with the recent loss to New Zealand.
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As this was going on, New Zealand became just the third side in this century to win a Test series in India. India enjoyed the longest home winning streak in Test history, spanning 18 series, prior to this loss.
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