Australia boost India’s World Test Championship final hopes by thrashing South Africa | Cricket News
Australia wins in a row in Melbourne Baseball The Ground, after humiliating the Proteas within two days with a six-game win in Brisbane, cemented their spot at the top of the leaderboard. WTC . tablewhile pushing South Africa to 4th place.
With a win rate of 78.57%, the Australians are leading India in second place with 58.93%, followed by Sri Lanka (53.33%), surpassed the 3rd place from South Africa when their win rate dropped to 50%.
Team Australia led by Pat Cummins has five Tests left to compete in the qualifying period for the ongoing WTC cycle — Third and final test against South Africa at home and a series four Tests during their tour of India in February-March next year, which is crucial to Rohit Sharma & Co’s chances to qualify for the summit clash.
India lost in inauguration ceremony WTC finals to New Zealand.
India beat Bangladesh 2-0 in their last Away Test series and will next host Sri Lanka and New Zealand in head-to-head matches against white balls. This will be followed by a series of four Home Tests for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.
