Why India have been awarded 60 points for winning Antigua Test vs West Indies

Dixit Bhargav | 27/08/2019
Why India have been awarded 60 points for winning Antigua Test vs West Indies

India have been awarded 60 points: India are currently the table-toppers in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

India winning the first Test of their ongoing tour of West Indies at Antigua saw them registering their biggest ever overseas victory in Test matches. Other than the significant achievement, India also got off the mark in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

Currently, India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka have 60 points under their belt. While India have played a lone Test match, New Zealand and Sri Lanka have played two matches each. Therefore, India are the table-toppers at this point in time.

Having played three Tests each, both Australia and England have all won, loss and been part of a drawn match each. The two teams have 32 points (eight points for the drawn match) to their name. West Indies, who lost the only match that they have played, are yet to get off the mark.

Why India have been awarded 60 points for winning Antigua Test

A general confusion doing the rounds is regarding the difference in points between India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka and Australia and England. With all the five teams winnings a match each, the drastic difference in points (60 and 24) earned by them has called for a lot of queries regarding the points system.

It is worth mentioning that the Test Championship will see each team playing six Test series – three home and three away. The series which will fall under the Championship will see only two to five matches being played in it.

Each Test series will give a team a chance of accumulating a maximum of 120 points. Therefore, points earned in a two-match series will differ from points earned in a five-match series. The number of points for a Test can be calculated by dividing 120 (points) with the number of Tests in the series.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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