India are sitting pretty in the second spot in the World Test Championship 2021-23 points table. With 99 points from eight wins, India have a points percentage of 58.93, second to Australia’s 75.75
India are left with four Test matches at home against Australia later this year. The Tests will take place in Nagpur, Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad from February 9 onwards.
However, if the series ends at 2-2, India’s points percentage will be 56.94 and that’s where Sri Lanka will fancy their chances. If Sri Lanka beat New Zealand 2-0 in the overseas Tests, they will push India down from the top two of the table.
For India to stay ahead of South Africa, they need to win the series by a minimum margin of 1-0 or the series should finish at 2-2
However, if the Border Gavaskar Trophy ends at 1-1, South Africa will have a chance to go past India.
However, first and foremost, South Africa need to win their home Tests against the West Indies to have any chance of going through to the next round.
As far as India are concerned, they recently defeated Bangladesh 2-0 in Mirpur and Chattogram to strengthen their chances of going through to the final.
India were in dire straits in the 2nd Test after they lost seven wickets.
It was Shreyas Iyer and the tail which rescued India.