New Delhi. Team India created history yesterday in Cape Town. India defeated Africa by 7 wickets in the second test. With this the series was tied at 1-1. Bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah have played an important role in this victory of Team India. At the same time, India has got a big advantage in the World Test Championship by defeating South Africa in the second test. Team India has occupied the top position in the points table of WTC. ICC has also given this information through social media. Let us tell you that India has reached the first position with 54.16 percentage points, while it is at second position with 50 percentage points.
Whereas Kiwi team is at third position with 12 points and 50 percentage points, Australia is at fourth position, Bangladesh is at fifth position. Whereas West Indies is at sixth position with 45.83 percentage points and West Indies is at 7th position with 16.67 percentage points. England are at eighth and Sri Lanka at 9th on the WTC points table. Team India has reached the finals of WTC twice but India has lost both times.
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Let us tell you that a 2 test match series was played between India and Africa. In which South Africa defeated India by 32 runs and one innings in the first match. In the second test, Team India defeated Africa by 7 wickets.
The special thing is that India had not won any test match in Cape Town for the last 31 years. In this ground, India had lost 4 out of 6 test matches and had drawn 2 matches. But Rohit’s army created history by winning the match. Apart from this, this has been the shortest Test in the history of cricket of 147 years. In just one and a half days, India defeated Africa. In this test match, only 107 overs were bowled in both the innings combined.