ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 points table, October 2019: India breach the 200-point mark

India’s second win against South Africa Women in the Gandhi-Mandela Trophy – this time by an innings and 137 runs at Pune – pushed them to a maximum possible 200 points on the ICC Test Championship 2019-20 points table. Their lead has now extended to a whopping 140.

South Africa, on the other hand, are yet to get off the mark. In fact, they have now slipped to seventh place, for their RPW quotient (0.305) has now dropped below West Indies’ (0.411).

Team	Series	M	W	D	L	Pts	PtsC	PCT	RPW
India	2	4	4	0	0	200	200	1.000	2.6
New Zealand	1	2	1	0	1	60	120	0.500	1.401
Sri Lanka	1	2	1	0	1	60	120	0.500	0.714
Australia	1	4	2	1	1	56	120	0.467	1.158
England	1	4	1	1	2	56	120	0.467	0.864
West Indies	1	2	0	0	2	0	120	0.000	0.411
South Africa	2	2	0	2	1	0	80	0.000	0.305
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

Matches 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