Rohit Sharma-led Team India soared to the highest spot within the World Test Championship factors desk on Sunday morning, 4 days earlier than the collection closing in opposition to England in Dharamsala, after Australia beat New Zealand in Wellington within the first Test. Nathan Lyon picked up a six-wicket haul because the guests continued their sustained dominance over New Zealand, crushing the hosts by 172 runs to take an unassailable 1-0 lead within the two-match contest.

Australia wanted seven wickets to win after they took the bottom on the Basin Reserve on Day 4, and so they wrapped up the proceedings in only a session after Lyon accomplished his twenty fourth profession five-wicket haul en path to choosing up a six-fer. There was sufficient flip and bounce on supply for the offie by the course of the Test match, and Lyon capitalised on it. He picked up a four-wicket haul within the first innings, thus finishing a ten-fer within the match as New Zealand did not negate the menace that he possessed.

Following the leads to Wellington, New Zealand, who have been on a three-match successful streak after victories in opposition to South Africa and Bangladesh, slipped to the second spot after incurring their second loss within the ongoing WTC cycle. They now have a PCT (factors contested) of 60. India, therefore, dethroned the Blackcaps to take the highest spot within the desk as soon as once more with their present PCT of 64.58, gained after a 3-1 collection win in opposition to England earlier this week in Ranchi. Third-place Australia, in the meantime, consolidated their place within the WTC factors desk with a PCT of 59.09.

India, nonetheless, must win the ultimate match of the five-match collection in opposition to England, which begins on March 7, to maintain their place on the prime of the WTC factors desk. A win would go away them with a PCT of 68.51, which New Zealand will not have the ability to topple even when they handle to degree their collection in opposition to Australia with a win within the second Test. However, if England stun India in Dharamsala and New Zealand beat the Aussies, the previous WTC champions will as soon as once more rise to the highest of the desk.