South Africa won the World Test Championship (WTC) title by defeating Australia by 5 wickets at Lord’s by 5 wickets at Lord’s on Saturday. Chasing a target of 282 runs, the team won with the help of Aiden Markram’s century and captain Temba’s half -century. On the fourth day, when the game resumed, Protiaz needed 69 runs to win. After Bavuma’s early dismissal, Markram took the front and brought the team to the threshold of victory before Kyle Varin’s victorious run. Markram played an excellent innings of 136 runs. The win was winning South Africa’s first ICC title in 1998 after the ICC Nockout Trophy (now Champions Trophy).
Which team got how much reward?
In the current season of the World Test Championship, New Zealand finished fourth, due to which the team was awarded prize money of $ 1.2 million, or about Rs 10.26 crore. He played 14 matches, winning 7 and lost 7. All the matches ended with the result and there was no draw. New Zealand scored a total of 81 points and was 48.21, PCT (PCT). England played the highest 22 matches in this cycle, including 11 wins, 10 necklaces and 1 draw. The team made it to the fifth place with 114 points and 43.18 PCT and for this he was given an amount of $ 9.6 lakh (about Rs 8.2 crore). At the same time, Sri Lanka scored 60 points with 5 wins and 8 defeats in 13 matches. She finished sixth with PCT of 38.46 and received a prize money of $ 8.4 lakh (about Rs 7.17 crore).
12.42 crores in India’s bag even after defeat
With this historic victory, South Africa not only won the title of World Test Champion, but also won a big prize money. The team was given a prize money of $ 3.6 million (about Rs 31.05 crore) with Test Championship mace. Australia received $ 2.16 million (about Rs 18.63 crore) as runners -up. India’s team finished third in this cycle, for which it received a prize money of Rs 12.42 crore. India made it to the final for the second consecutive time – in the first edition, New Zealand defeated, while this time the title went to Australia.
Pakistan remained at the bottom
In this cycle of the World Test Championship, Bangladesh finished seventh and under it it received a prize money of $ 7.2 lakh (about Rs 6.15 crore). The team played 12 matches, winning 4 and lost in 8. Bangladesh scored a total of 45 points and its percentage (PCT) score was 31.25. The West Indies stood at the eighth position and received a prize money of $ 6 million (about Rs 5.13 crore). West Indies won 3 out of 13 matches, 8 defeated in 8 and 2 were drawn. The team scored a total of 44 points and its PCT was 28.21. Pakistan’s team finished at the bottom of this ranking, ie ninth place, which got 4.8 million dollars (about 4.10 crore rupees). Pakistan played a total of 14 matches, including 5 wins and 9 defeats. He earned 47 points and was a PCT score of 27.98.
