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ICC World Test Championship Race: Scenarios For India To Qualify

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After a historic win at the Gabba, The Indian Team is ready for its next challenge, starting 5th February. England will be touring India for 4 Tests, 5 T20Is & 3 ODIs. The schedule (test matches) for which is as follows: 1st Test Date: 05-09 February Time: 09:30 AM (IST) Venue: M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 2nd Test Date: 13-17 February Time: 09:30 AM (IST) Venue: M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 3rd Test (D/N) Date: 24-28 February Time: 02:30 PM (IST) Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad 4th Test Date: 04-08 March Time: 09:30 AM (IST) Venue: Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad The WTC Final is to be played at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London, from 18-22 June with 23 June as a reserved day. India stands at the top of the World Test Championship Table with a win percentage of 71.7%, followed by New Zealand (70%) and Australia (69.2%) as of 25th January 2021. After the win at Gabba, the race to the WTC final for India has become smoother. Also, the postponem

India breaches Australia's Gabba Fortress. Retains Border - Gavaskar Trophy.

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India has pulled off something extraordinary today, at The Gabba in Brisbane. Australia had remained unbeaten at the Gabba since 1988, 32 years of sheer dominance at the venue. But this new, disciplined India managed to successfully end their winning streak and retained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 4th and final test, which happened to be the decider with the series hanging at 1-1, started on January 15th. Australia made a giant total of 369 in their 1st innings, to which India replied with a 336, leaving Australia with a not-so-big lead of 33 runs. Australia wishing to put enough runs on board for India to chase, managed 294 in their 2nd innings, giving India a huge target of 328. Just to mention, no team has ever chased a target of more than 250 at the Gabba. India finished Day 4 with 4-0 allowing some rain interruptions, implying they needed 324 more runs before the start of Day 5, with 10 wickets in hand. Day 5 began with India losing Rohit Sharma early. Shubman Gill along with