By defeating Bangladesh, South Africa took a huge leap in the ICC World Test Championship:

Delhi: The first match of the two-match Test series between South Africa and Bangladesh was played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, where the guests defeated the hosts by 7 wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the series. With this victory, South Africa has also improved the points table of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). Before the first Test, the African team was at sixth position, while Bangladesh was at 7th, but after this victory, South Africa has jumped two places to fourth position, while Bangladesh remains at 7th position.

These three big changes can happen in international cricket, will teams like South Africa-New Zealand benefit?

Due to this victory of South Africa, New Zealand and England have suffered losses. New Zealand, which had reached fourth position after winning the first Test against India, has now slipped to 5th position. England, which is playing a three-match Test series against Pakistan, has also slipped one place to 6th position. Pakistan remains at 8th position.

Team India’s dominance at the top continues. Despite the defeat against New Zealand in the Bengaluru Test, India is at the first position with a win percentage of 68.06%, while Australia is at the second position with 62.50%.

South Africa won the first test match by 7 wickets

Talking about the match, Bangladesh won the toss and batted first, but their entire team was limited to just 106 runs. South Africa scored 308 runs in the first innings and took a significant lead of 202 runs, in which wicketkeeper batsman Kyle Verrey scored a brilliant century (114 runs). Bangladesh scored 307 runs in the second innings, but could not compensate for the loss in the first innings. South Africa had a target of 106 runs to win, which they achieved by losing 3 wickets in 22 overs. The second and last test of the series will be played in Chittagong from October 29.

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