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The team that was out of the race for the WTC final won the test, the impact on the points table was so great

tekcircNovember 27, 20242 Mins read

The team that was out of the race for the WTC final won the test, the impact on the points table was so great

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The final match of the World Test Championship 2023-25 will be played at the historic ground of Lord's in June 2025. Five teams are still in the race to reach the finals. These include India, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa. Whereas the West Indies team is out of the race for the final. But the team is currently playing a two-Test series against Bangladesh, which is part of the WTC. In the first match of this series, West Indies has defeated Bangladesh by 201 runs.

Made a big score of 450 runs in the first time

West Indies had scored 450 runs in the first innings. After this Bangladesh scored 269 runs in the first innings. In this way, West Indies got a lead of 181 runs on the basis of first innings. Then in the second innings the West Indies batsmen could not perform well and were out. In the second innings the entire West Indies team could score only 152 runs. In this way, Bangladesh got the target of 334 runs to win, in response to which Bangladesh team was reduced to 132 runs.

Justin Greaves scored an excellent century

For Bangladesh, no batsman could perform well in both the innings. Captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj scored the highest score of 45 runs for the team in the second innings. Apart from him, other batsmen flopped miserably. On the other hand, Justin Greaves proved to be the biggest hero for West Indies. He scored a century and scored 115 runs in the first innings. Apart from this, he also took two wickets in the match. He was given the Player of the Match award for his excellent performance.

West Indies gained one place in the points table

There has not been much change in the points table of WTC 2023-25 due to West Indies winning the match. Before the match, the West Indies team was at the last position. She has moved up one place to number 8. Whereas Bangladesh team slipped to 9th position. Both the teams are out of the race for the WTC final. The West Indies team has played a total of 10 matches so far, out of which it has won two and lost 6. Its PCT is 26.67. After Bangladesh, West Indies also has to play a two-Test series against Pakistan.