India made a comeback in the series by defeating England by 106 runs in the second Test and leveled the five-match series at 1-1. It also took a huge leap and achieved the number-2 position in the World Test Championship points table, where earlier it had slipped to fifth position after Bangladesh.
India has moved to second place after Australia in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 standings.
Before the Visakhapatnam Test, Team India had only 43.33 percent points in the points table, but now India has 52.77 percent points in the points table.
The opening match of the series between India and England was played in Hyderabad, which England won by 28 runs. India had slipped to fifth place in the WTC standings after losing the first Test match to England. Bangladesh had reached ahead of India in the WTC standings. But India regained its dominance in the rankings with victory in the second Test.
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While Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a double century for India in the first innings, Shubman Gill scored a century for India in the second innings. Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah took 6 wickets in the first innings and 3 wickets in the second innings and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets in the second innings of the match. Due to the excellent performance of all of them, India defeated England by 106 runs in the second test match.
England showed an aggressive approach and tried to chase the target of 399 runs, but England could not succeed in its attempt and the entire team was reduced to 292 runs in 69.2 overs.
