The second edition of the ICC World Test Championship (2021-2023) final will take place at Kennington Oval, London from June 7, 2023
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Here's everything you need to know about the championship
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The format of the ICC WTC entails the top nine Test teams to play six series each- three at home and three away. The top two performing teams compete in the ICC World Test Championship Final
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India and Australia are the top two teams to play in the finals from June 7, 2023 to June 11, 2023 at Kennington Oval, London
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The beginning of the 2021 to 2023 cycle kicked off with the five-Test series between India and England in 2021
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Australia has won 11 Tests with 66.67 percentage of points, while India has won 10 Tests with 58.8 percentage of points in 6 WTC Test Series
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The first edition of the World Test Championship Final took place between New Zealand and India in which New Zealand won by 8 wickets with scores of 249 & 140/2
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In WTC Finals, each match will be worth the same number of points. The teams get 12 points for winning a match, 6 points for a tie and 4 points for a draw
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The percentage distribution is 100 for winning a match, 50 for a tie and 33.33 for a draw match
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Teams will be ranked and qualified on the basis of the percentage of points won. For slow over-rates teams will lose one championship point for each over-short
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Top performers from the Indian cricket team in Test series include Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja
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Top performers from the Australian cricket team in Test series include Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc
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