New Zealand team out of the WTC final race, how many teams including India in the second race?

England defeated the New Zealand team who defeated the Indian team at home in the Test series. The hosts lost their second consecutive match of the 3-match series. England, who lost by 8 wickets in the first test match, defeated the New Zealand team by a huge margin of 323 runs in the second match. With this defeat, the New Zealand team’s hopes of reaching the final of the World Test Championship have completely ended.

No one expected the way England defeated the New Zealand team at their home. In the Wellington Test, England batted first after scoring 280 runs in the first innings and dismissed New Zealand for just 125 runs and took a huge lead of 155 runs. After this, in the second innings, the innings was announced after scoring 427 runs for 6 wickets on the strength of Joe Root’s century. New Zealand had a mountain target of 583 runs in front of which the whole team was reduced to just 259 runs.

New Zealand out of WTC finals race
New Zealand had to win the last two Test matches against England to remain in the race for the final of the World Test Championship. Defeat in this match has closed the doors for him to move forward. Teams from India, Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka are in the race for two places in the final of the Test Championship.