ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 points table, after August 2019: India rise to top after crushing West Indies

India‘s 318-run win against West Indies at North Sound helped them finish August at the top of the points table of the 2019-21 cycle of the ICC World Test Championship. Having drawn their series 1-1, New Zealand and Sri Lanka are at second and third places respectively, the former leading on RPW. Australia, England, and West Indies are next, in that order, while South Africa, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are yet to play their first Tests.

Team	M	W	T	D	NR	Pts	Pts C	PCT	RPW
India	1	1	0	0	0	60	60	1.000	2.338
New Zealand	2	1	0	0	0	60	120	0.500	1.401
Sri Lanka	2	1	0	0	0	60	120	0.500	0.714
Australia	3	1	0	1	0	32	72	0.444	1.113
England	3	1	0	1	0	32	72	0.444	0.899
West Indies	1	0	0	0	0	0	60	0.000	0.428
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0

M=matches, W=wins, L=losses, NR=no result, NRR=net run rate, Pts=points
PtsC=points contested, PCT=Pts/PtsC
RPW=(runs per wicket of team in question)-(runs per wicket of opposition)

Rules:
– Teams are ranked according to PCT, then by RPW
– Points are awarded according to the following rules

Tests in series	Points (win)	Points (tie)	Points (draw)	Points (defeat)
2	60	30	20	0
3	40	20	13	0
4	30	15	10	0
5	24	12	8	0