The 28-run defeat against England on Sunday pushed India out of the top 3 in the World Test Championship points table. India, who were placed at the second spot before the start of match, have been dropped down to the fifth spot on the table.
India have played 5 Tests thus far in the ongoing WTC cycle out of which they emerged victorious in two, they also lost twice while one match ended in a draw. With 26 WTC points, India’s current winning percentage is 43.33.
Meanwhile, Australia, who also suffered a defeat against West Indies in the second Test on Sunday, remained at the top of the points table with a 55 winning percentage and 6 wins in 10 matches.
However, the win didn’t help England much on the points table as they are placed in the eighth spot.
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With Australia at the top, South Africa, New Zealand and Bangladesh are placed ahead of India at the WTC points table. The three teams have the same winning percentage – 50.
Meanwhile, chasing 231 for victory, India were bowled out for 202 in the final over of an extended third session of play in Hyderabad, as Hartley got Mohammed Siraj stumped with his left-arm spin to trigger celebrations from the England camp.
Ollie Pope stood out with his 196 to bring England bouncing back from being 190 behind at the start of their second innings to lead the five-match series 1-0.
Hartley, who got his five-wicket haul after he bowled wicketkeeper-batsman K.S. Bharat, kept coming back to return figures of 7-62 and a match tally of nine wickets.
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India captain Rohit Sharma admitted that the batting line-up failed miserably in the chase but hailed the lower order for putting up a solid fight.
“Hard to look at one or two things. We didn’t bat well enough to get to that score. (Last pair putting) 20-30 runs, anything is possible. The lower order fought well and showed the top order (what to do). We didn’t take some chances but that can happen, it’s the first game of the series,” he said.
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