World Test Championship: With series levelled 1-1 against England, what would India need to make it to the final?

Team India made sure to make a strong comeback as they thrashed England by 317 runs in the second Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

The Men in Blue drew level in the four-match series and also kept their hopes of making it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) alive.

India have bolstered their chances as the win took India to the second spot in the WTC points table. The Virat Kohli-led side had dropped to the fourth spot in the points table after losing the first Test in Chennai by 227 runs. 

With 460 points from 15 Tests, India earned 69.7 percentage of points and they now need to win the series by 2-1 or 3-1 to make it to the final.

As for England, they dropped to the fourth spot. The visitors had moved to the top following their win in the first Test. The Joe Root-led side now needs to win the remaining two Tests to make it to the final. 

New Zealand are currently at the top of the points table while Australia are in the third spot. For the Aussies to make it to the final, they would hope for India and England series to end up in a draw.

Points in the WTC are evenly distributed over the number of matches in a series (two to five), the points varying from 60 for each match of a two-Test series to 24 for each match of a five-Test series.

PCT is points earned/points available - Teams will be ranked in order of percentage of points earned.

The ICC World Test Championship has been introduced to add context to the longest format of the game with nine teams featuring in matches which were decided by the Member countries as per their bilateral agreements. Bangladesh and Pakistan are the other teams in the championship.

The top two teams at the end of the league will advance to the final, which will be played in the UK in June 2021 with the winners crowned the World Test Champions.