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World Test Championship: Australia lose points after Boxing Day loss, big advantage for India in race to final

The International Cricket Council (ICC) added salt to Australia's wounds with a heavy fine and loss of points in the World Test Championship (WTC).

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Australia lose points in World Test Championship after Boxing Day Test loss
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While the loss to India in the Boxing Day Test was not enough, the International Cricket Council (ICC) added salt to their wounds with a heavy fine and loss of points in the World Test Championship (WTC).

The Aussie players were fined 40 per cent of their match fee and have lost four WTC points for their slow over-rate against India in the second Test at the MCG.

The decision was taken by ICC match referee David Boon. He slapped the penalty on the Aussies after they were ruled to be two overs short of the target over-rate.

A team is penalised 20 per cent of their match fees and two WTC points for every over they fail to bowl in the allotted time.

So the penalty has now led to Australia being back to 322 points. They have, however, retained their top spot on the WTC table, ahead of India.

If one takes points into consideration, India should have been at the top as they have 390 points, however, due to the complicated way points are divided, depending on the number of matches per series, Australia are ahead on the percentage of points they have won out of the total number of points contested.

While Australia have a percentage of 0.766. It was 0.835 before the over-rate penalty. India, who earned 30 points for their win today in Melbourne, now have a percentage of 0.722.

The Ajinkya Rahane led side defeated Tim Paine's squad by eight-wickets in the Test that levelled the four-match series at 1-1. The third Test, it will take place from January 7, 2021.

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