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ICC WTC Points Table 2023-25: India's formidable seven-wicket win over South Africa in the second Test at Newlands in Cape Town on Thursday pushed them to the top spot in the World Test Championship standings.

The series-levelling win allowed the Rohit Sharma-led side to gain 12 crucial points in the standings. India have 26 points and a win percentage of 54.16 in four Tests.

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India displaced South Africa from the top spot, who grabbed the place after winning the first Test by an innings and 32 runs in Centurion.

Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj bagged eight and seven wickets respectively as the shortest-ever Test ended within five sessions within two days. Before the match, India were placed at the sixth spot in the standings.

ICC World Test Championship Standings 2023-25

 

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah finished with excellent figures of 6/61 as India bowled South Africa out for 176 to set themselves a target of 79, after Aiden Markram had struck a magnificent, counterattacking 106 off 103 balls before lunch.

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The hosts completed the chase in the second session with skipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer remaining not out on 17 and 4 respectively.

This is the shortest Test match ever in terms of overs bowled, bettering the previous best that involved Australia and South Africa at the MCG way back in 1932.

A total of 106.2 overs were bowled in the match.

Earlier, India's pace spearhead Bumrah bowled beautifully after the opening day's play saw a staggering 23 wickets fall on a very quick Newlands surface with inconsistent bounce.

India had collapsed to 153 all out in their first innings in the final session of day one after skittling out South Africa for 55.

South Africa were 62 for three overnight, trailing by 36 runs.

(With PTI inputs)