ICC World Test Championship 2019-21 points table, October 2019: India extend lead atop table, South Africa draws blanks on debut

India have built a substantial lead at the top of the ICC World Test Championship table after their 203-run win over South Africa in the first Test in Visakhapatnam on Sunday, October 6.

The victory gave India 160 points – a full 100 clear of New Zealand at second place – but given the peculiarities of the scoring system, that’ll balance itself out over the course of the next two years. India claimed 40 points for their victory in Vizag, and will need to win the remaining two matches to claim the full 120 points available for the series.

For South Africa, it was their first match of the revamped Test cricket system, and the loss means they are placed at No.6, above seventh-placed West Indies, who have lost both their matches so far. Pakistan and Bangladesh are yet to get on the board.

Team	Series	M	W	T	D	L	NR	Pts	PtsC	PCT	RPW
India	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	160	160	1.000	2.303
New Zealand	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	60	120	0.500	1.401
Sri Lanka	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	60	120	0.500	0.714
Australia	1	4	2	0	1	1	0	56	120	0.467	1.158
England	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	56	120	0.467	0.864
South Africa	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40	0.000	0.414
West Indies	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	120	0.000	0.411
Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0
Pakistan	0	0	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