WTC Points Table after Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st Test: Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 63 runs in the first Test played at Galle International Stadium. With this, the host team has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The hero of victory in this match for Sri Lanka was Prabhat Jayasuriya who took a total of 9 wickets in the match. He was also selected as the Player of the Match for his brilliant performance.
With this win against the Kiwi team, the Lankan team has secured the third position in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table, while the Kiwi team has now slipped to the fourth position. A good match was seen between the two teams in Galle, but in the end Sri Lanka's spinners proved to be better and the host team easily defended 275 runs. Rachin Ravindra fought alone for the Kiwi team by scoring 92 runs, but he could not make his team win.
As far as the WTC points table is concerned, Sri Lanka registered their fourth win in this cycle and took their PCT to 50. New Zealand, on the other hand, suffered their fourth defeat in seven matches of WTC 2023-25 and with this loss their PCT has dropped to 42.86. On Sunday (September 22), India registered a 280-run win in the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. With this win India have consolidated their first position as their PCT now stands at 71.67 with nine Test matches still left in this cycle.
The Bangladeshi team, which registered a spectacular win over Pakistan, has now slipped to the sixth position with this defeat and their PCT is 39.29. The second Test between Sri Lanka and New Zealand will now start from September 26, while the next match between India and Bangladesh will be played in Kanpur from September 27. In such a situation, Bangladesh and New Zealand will be seen playing the last matches to avoid losing the series.
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