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Ind vs SA 2019: Virat Kohli Reveals the Reason Behind His Muted Celebrations
India have registered?another comprehensive Test win against South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in Pune. After that, Virat Kohli spoke to Star Sports.
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IND vs SA 2019: Ravi Shastri’s “Titanic” Pose in ICC Tweet Becomes Meme On Twitter
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Shruti Banerjee
October 13, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: WATCH – Wriddhiman Saha Takes a Stunner to Dismiss Faf du Plessis
India have registered?another comprehensive Test win against South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in Pune. After that, Virat Kohli spoke to Star Sports.
Shruti Banerjee
October 13, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: “We Have Come to India to Compete and Win”: Temba Bavuma
India have registered?another comprehensive Test win against South Africa by an innings and 137 runs in Pune. After that, Virat Kohli spoke to Star Sports.
Shruti Banerjee
October 13, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: “I Wasn’t Frustrated, I?m Happy to be Bowling Again” – Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin said that he wasn't "frustrated" while bowling at Vernon Philander and Keshav Maharaj's century partnership.
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IND vs SA 2019: Virat Kohli Shares the Secret of His Big Scores
India captain Virat Kohli says the responsibility of leading the side helps him to push his limits that eventually helped to score big.
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October 12, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: Kagiso Rabada-Quinton de Kock Fight, Faf du Plessis Intervenes
Ravichandran Ashwin said that he wasn't "frustrated" while bowling at Vernon Philander and Keshav Maharaj's century partnership.
Shruti Banerjee
October 11, 2019
Ind vs SA 2019: Virat Kohli Shares The First Choice Spinners
India captain Virat Kohli is happy the way his team has performed in the first test. He praised Mohammed Shami's bowling in the first test.
Shruti Banerjee
October 09, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: Ravindra Jadeja Grabs an One-handed Stunner to Dismiss Aiden Markram
The first Test between India and South Africa have made headlines for many reasons. One of them was a stunner from Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
Shruti Banerjee
October 06, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: WATCH – Mohammed Shami Leaves South Africa Batsmen in Tatters
Ravichandran Ashwin said that he wasn't "frustrated" while bowling at Vernon Philander and Keshav Maharaj's century partnership.
Shruti Banerjee
October 06, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: WATCH – Rohit Sharma Abuses Cheteshwar Pujara after He Refuses to Take a Single
The ongoing 1st Test between India and South Africa has been news since its beginning. One of them was Rohit Sharma abused Cheteshwar Pujara.
Shruti Banerjee
October 05, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: WATCH – Ravindra Jadeja Bowls a Five-bounce Delivery to Faf du Plessis
Ravichandran Ashwin said that he wasn't "frustrated" while bowling at Vernon Philander and Keshav Maharaj's century partnership.
Shruti Banerjee
October 04, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: WATCH – Virat Kohli?s Instruction Helps Ishant Sharma to Dismiss Temba Bavuma
Ravichandran Ashwin said that he wasn't "frustrated" while bowling at Vernon Philander and Keshav Maharaj's century partnership.
Shruti Banerjee
October 04, 2019
WATCH: Clueless South Africa Fielders Fail to Search the Ball Lost in Boundary Ropes; Aiden Markram Helps
Ravichandran Ashwin said that he wasn't "frustrated" while bowling at Vernon Philander and Keshav Maharaj's century partnership.
Shruti Banerjee
October 03, 2019
IND vs SA 2019: Rohit Sharma Scores His Maiden Test Century as Opener – Twitterati Reacts
Rohit Sharma, India's opener in limited-overs, has opened the innings for India in Tests and scored his maiden century as an opener.
Shruti Banerjee
October 02, 2019
Watch: Marnus Labuschagne Pulls Off a Stunning Run Out Despite Losing His Pants
Australia all-rounder Marnus Labuschagne has been in the limelight for the last couple of months. His inclusion will be important during their next series.
Shruti Banerjee
October 02, 2019
Introduction
The ICC World Test Championship, run by the International Cricket Council (ICC) is all set to begin its first season in August. The first season will run for two years till June 2021. This will?get underway when the recent 50-over World Cup winnner England will take on their arch-rival Australia in the first Test of the Ashes series on August 1 at Edgbaston.
To engage more fans, ICC has started this. With each series, the competition will be sharpened as the end of the championship; a global title will be given to the team who wins this 2-year-long tournament.
History
This is not the first time that ICC has approved the idea. The idea of ICC World Test Championship was approved in 2013 and 2017 as well but that couldn't take place. In 2013, the champions trophy took its place and the idea?was re-scheduled for June 2017.?The ICC World Test Championship was cancelled once again on January 2014 and the ICC Champions Trophy was reinstated in 2017.
However, in October 2017, it was announced by ICC that a Test league will be played, which would involve the top nine teams. The second ICC World Test Championship will continue from July 2021 to June 2023.
The Process and the?Distribution of The?Points?
The?ICC World Test Championship will be played among?nine top-ranked Test teams. All the teams will play six series each - three home series and three away series over the two-year span. In this period of time, each team will face six of the other eight teams, although it will not be complete round-robin league. Each of the series will be comprised of two and five Tests, so all the sides wouldn't play the same number of Test series.
No matter, the number of Tests, every series carries 120 points.?A team can score 720 points max (six series, 120 points each) over the two-year-long period. The two teams who will have the most points at the end of the tournament will face each other in the final in England, June 2021.
Although the team will play fewer tests, wouldn't be a disadvantage for them in respect to points as the 120 points are available for each series. However, the points will not be available for series results; it will be given for Test results. So the points will be split equally among the five-match Tests in a series.
According to this count, 24 points or?20% will be there for each match. 60 points will be given for a win while 30 points will be given for a tie. On the other hand, 20 points will be given for a draw whereas no points will be given for a loss.
Matches in the Series | Points for a win | Points for a tie | Points for a draw | Points for a loss |
2 | 60 | 30 | 20 | 0 |
3 | 40 | 20 | 13.3 | 0 |
4 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 0 |
5 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 0 |
However,?Zimbabwe, Ireland and Afghanistan will not be featured in the first edition of the World Test Championship. Although, they will play Tests against one another and also with some of the Championship sides as well. Moreover, there will be Tests series outside the Championship like England tours New Zealand for two Tests in November this year.
What will happen if the final is tied?
If the final Test will tie or drawn, the team who will finish at the top of the table in the two-year-long tournament will be the champion of the championship.
ICC World Cricket Championship 2019 Schedule at a Glance
Ranking | Team | Tests | Home series (against) | Away series (against) | Will not play |
1 | India | 18 | 10 (SA, Ban, Eng) | 8 (WI, NZ, Aus) | Pak & SL |
2 | New Zealand | 14 | 7 (Ind, WI, Pak) | 7 (SL, Aus, Ban)? | Eng & SA |
3 | South Africa | 16 | 9 (Eng, SL, Aus) | 7 (Ind, WI, Pak)? | Ban & NZ |
4 | England | 22 | 11 (Aus, WI, Pak) | 11 (SA, SL, Ind)? | Ban & NZ |
5 | Australia | 19 | 9 (Pak, NZ, Ind) | 10 (Eng, Ban, SA)? | SL & WI |
6 | Sri Lanka | 13 | 7 (NZ, Eng, Ban) | 6 (Pak, SA, WI)? | Aus & Ind |
7 | Pakistan | 13 | 6 (SL, Ban, SA) | 7 (Aus, Eng, NZ)? | Ind & WI |
8 | West Indies | 15 | 6 (Ind, SA, SL) | 9 (Eng, NZ, Ban)? | Aus & Pak |
9 | Bangladesh | 14 | 7 (Aus, NZ, WI) | 7 (Ind, Pak, SL)? | Eng & SA |