Sri Lanka vs New Zealand (Photo Credits: Twitter)
Sri Lanka National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team: The second test match between Sri Lanka national cricket team vs New Zealand national cricket team was played from 26 September. This match between the two teams was played at the Galle International Stadium in Galle. In the second test, Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs. With this, Sri Lanka captured the series 2-0 and wiped out the visiting team. This is a historic victory for Sri Lanka. With this victory, Sri Lanka has created a new history. Sri Lanka has achieved a big feat in the World Test Championship. Sri Lanka Beat New Zealand 2nd Test: Sri Lanka created a new history in the World Test Championship, became the second team to achieve such a unique feat.
Sri Lanka recorded a historic victory
Let us tell you that in this match, Sri Lanka had given follow-on to New Zealand with a lead of 514 runs. This is the third biggest win by any team in the World Test Championship after giving follow-on. Before this, two big wins recorded after follow-on are in the name of Team India. In the World Test Championship, Team India and Sri Lanka are the only two teams which have won a match by more than 150 runs after giving follow-on.
With this historic victory, the Sri Lankan team has strengthened its claim in the points table of the ICC World Test Championship and has also included itself in the race to reach the final. At the same time, after New Zealand's defeat in this series, it is now looking very difficult for them to qualify for the final in this season of the World Test Championship. The Sri Lankan team is now at third position in the points table of the World Test Championship. Now the percentage of points of Sri Lanka is 55.56, while the Sri Lankan team is now only a little behind the second placed Australian team. The percentage of points scored by the Australian team is 62.5.
New Zealand reached 7th position
Let us tell you that after losing the series, the New Zealand team has directly reached number 7 in the points table of the World Test Championship. In which New Zealand's percentage of marks has now become 37.5. Currently, the New Zealand team has to play a Test series against Team India and England in this third season of the World Test Championship. In which New Zealand will play a 3-3 match test series against both of them.
World Test Championship 2023-25 Points Table
| rank | Team | match | Victory | Garland | draw | points | PCT |
| 1 | team india | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 71.67 |
| 2 | Australia | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 90 | 62.50 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 60 | 55.56 |
| 4 | England | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 81 | 42.19 |
| 5 | bangladesh | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 39.29 |
| 6 | South Africa | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 38.89 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 36 | 37.5 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 19.05 |
| 9 | west indies | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 18.52 |
Difficulties arose for Australia
Sri Lankan team still has to play test series against South Africa and Australia. In such a situation, the path to the finals definitely seems difficult for the Australian team because the Australian team has to go to Sri Lanka and play this test series against them. Even though the Australian team is currently at the second position in the World Test Points Table, but Sri Lanka has now come very close to Australia. Team India currently occupies the first position in the points table of the World Test Championship. Team India's percentage of marks is 71.67.
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