WTC 2023-25 Points Table: Here's a look at latest standings after Sri Lanka's win against New Zealand in 1st Test at Galle

Sri Lanka put up a wonderful performance in the first Test of the two-match series against New Zealand to go 1-0 up. It was an incredible performance from the hosts who came back quite well despite conceding a first innings lead on the third day of the game. 

Not many were expecting the Lankans to come back in the game after they could only put up four additional runs to their second innings as they got to 309. The Kiwis only needed 275 runs to achieve victory to register victory with a bit over five sessions to chase the target. 

However, a spirited performance was put up as the duo of Ramesh Mendis and Prabath Jayasuriya toiled really hard like they did in the first innings of the visitors as they scalped 15 out of the visitors' 20 batters to script a famous victory.

WTC standings of Sri Lanka and New Zealand

Prior to the first Test, New Zealand were placed above Sri Lanka in the points table of the 2023-25 cycle of the World Test Championship standings on the basis of a superior points percentage, i.e., 50% vs 42.86%. 

The situation has changed post the 63-run victory as Sri Lanka now occupy third position with New Zealand slipping to fourth. The Lankans have played one more game compared to the BlackCaps' seven.

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India, meanwhile, bettered their dominance atop after their mammoth 280-run victory on Day 4 of the first of the two Tests against Bangladesh at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

World Test Championship Points Table (2023-2025):

*Updated as of September 23, 2024 after Sri Lanka's win over New Zealand in 1st Test at Galle.