{"id":206451,"date":"2025-01-02T15:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/02\/ind-vs-aus-can-a-draw-in-sydney-keep-india-in-wtc-final-race\/"},"modified":"2025-01-02T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:36:31","slug":"ind-vs-aus-can-a-draw-in-sydney-keep-india-in-wtc-final-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/02\/ind-vs-aus-can-a-draw-in-sydney-keep-india-in-wtc-final-race\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs AUS: Can A Draw In Sydney Keep India In WTC Final Race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2025\/01\/02\/d6fdfc7c4d8996b74a8647cb58de9e28173582852268624_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&amp;imwidth=1200&amp;resize=755,406&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"IND vs AUS: Can A Draw In Sydney Keep India In WTC Final Race?\" title=\"IND vs AUS: Can A Draw In Sydney Keep India In WTC Final Race?\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hstick-inner\">\n<p><strong>How India can qualify for WTC Final:<\/strong> India and Australia are set for a dramatic finish to IND vs AUS 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Test series. With Australia leading 2-1, the final Test in Sydney carries high stakes.<\/p>\n<p>A win for India in IND vs AUS 5th Test in Sydney would not only prevent a series defeat but also ensure they retain <a title=\"IND vs AUS\" href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/topic\/ind-vs-aus-final\" data-type=\"interlinkingkeywords\">IND vs AUS<\/a> Border-Gavaskar Trophy and stay in contention for the World Test Championship (WTC) Final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>India in a must-win situation heading into IND vs AUS Sydney Test<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A win for India in IND vs AUS 5th Test in Sydney is essential to keep their hopes alive for a spot in World Test Championship (WTC) Final. But what if the Indian cricket team fails to beat Australia at SCG? Australia beating India in Sydney to seal BGT 3-1 would end India&#8217;s WTC campaign and knock them out of WTC Final contention.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand,<em><strong> what would be the consequences if IND vs AUS 5th Test match ends in a draw or gets abandoned? Let&#8217;s find out.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If IND vs AUS SCG Test ends in a draw or is abandoned due to rain, India will be out of contention for the WTC Final. In either scenario, Australia will advance to face South Africa in WTC final.<\/p>\n<p>India, currently third on the World Test Championship (WTC) points table, has no matches remaining in this WTC cycle after IND vs AUS Border-Gavaskar Test series. Australia, ranked second, still has a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, while South Africa has already secured their spot in the WTC Final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also on ABP Live | <a title=\"IPL 2025: Shubman Gill To Step Down As Gujarat Titans Captain? GT's Latest Post Sparks Speculation\" href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl-2025-shubman-gill-step-down-gujarat-titans-captain-gt-latest-post-speculation-1741342\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">IPL 2025: Shubman Gill To Step Down As Gujarat Titans Captain? GT&#8217;s Latest Post Sparks Speculation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To stay in contention, India must win IND vs AUS SCG Test. A win would level IND vs AUS BGT series 2-2, allow India to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, and keep their WTC Final hopes alive.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/sports\/cricket\/ind-vs-aus-5th-test-can-draw-in-sydney-keep-india-in-wtc-final-race-1741433\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How India can qualify for WTC Final: India and Australia are set for a dramatic finish to IND vs AUS 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Test series. With Australia leading 2-1, the final Test in Sydney carries high stakes. A win for India in IND vs AUS 5th Test in Sydney would not only prevent a series defeat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/feeds.abplive.com\/onecms\/images\/uploaded-images\/2025\/01\/02\/d6fdfc7c4d8996b74a8647cb58de9e28173582852268624_original.jpg?impolicy=abp_cdn&imwidth=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[605],"tags":[10045,91897,14969,4680,1146,15779,1373,162532,273,1374,1593,30582,15021,22374,29888],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206451"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206453,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206451\/revisions\/206453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}