ICC World Test Championship finalists to be decided by unique percentage system?

ICC World Test Championship, which commenced with Ashes 2019, is w set to continue with a bunch of exciting new Test series in December. Earlier, ongoing coronavirus pandemic brought a disruption to sport, thus forcing cricket boards to postpone a number of bilateral Test match-ups that continue to remain unscheduled to this date. upcoming India vs Australia 2020 series Down Under, coupled with New Zealand’s back-to-back home assignments against West Indies and Pakistan will serve in good ste for ICC as apex body aims at safeguarding Test cricket’s first-ever league competition.  

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ICC likely to decide ICC World Test Championship finalists through percent of points

According to a report by ESPNCricinfo, International Cricket Council (ICC) has been mulling wher to decide finalists for ongoing ICC World Test Championship through a unique percent system. Through same, finalists will be decided through number of points teams have earned from matches y have actually competed in. move is being strongly considered by ICC after pandemic resulted in cancellation or rescheduling of a number of Test series.

report also indicated that ICC h considered splitting points between teams for series which will end up getting cancelled before final in 2021. However, same was later reportedly ruled out by ICC committee.  

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Context of India vs Australia 2020 series in ICC World Test Championship

India vs Australia 2020 series is scheduled to commence from December 17 onwards at elaide Oval. series, featuring four high-profile Test matches, will run till January 19 next year. Interestingly, both India and Australia are also currently top two sides in ICC World Test Championship points table. two teams are followed by England (third) and New Zealand (fourth) in table.

Virat Kohli and co arrived in Sydney on vember 12 earlier this month. Indian players began ir training sessions a few days later as evidenced by BCCI’s social media feed.

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A look into India vs Australia schedule

Here is a look at entire India vs Australia schedule for upcoming series along with squs of both Indian and Australian cricket teams.

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Im source: BCCI Twitter