England have slipped to the bottom of the World Test Championship (WTC) points table after Sri Lanka’s 328-run win over Bangladesh within the first Test of the two-match sequence on the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Monday, March 25.
Sri Lanka had been occupying the bottom spot on the WTC points table earlier than they routed Bangladesh in Sylhet. The win has propelled the Lankan Lions to the sixth spot whereas it has pushed the Three Lions to the bottom of the ladder.
World Test Championship Points Table
| Rank | Teams | Matches | Wins | Losses | Draw | Points | PCT |
| 1. | India | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 74 | 68.51 |
| 2. | Australia | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 90 | 62.50 |
| 3. | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 50.00 |
| 4. | Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 36.66 |
| 5. | West Indies | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 33.33 |
| 6. | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 33.33 |
| 7. | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 33.33 |
| 8. | South Africa | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 25.00 |
| 9. | England | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 17.50 |
Notably, Sri Lanka’s win over Bangladesh has marked the start of a brand new period in Sri Lanka’s Test cricket historical past. The recreation was Dhananjaya de Silva‘s first Test as captain and he led the aspect by instance.
Dhananjaya scored centuries (102 and 108 runs) in each innings of the Test match and joined Virat Kohli and Greg Chappell within the esteemed checklist of gamers to rating centuries in each innings of a Test match on captaincy debut. He was properly supported by Kamindu Mendis who additionally struck a whole bunch in each innings of the Test to assist the workforce rout Bangladesh.
“Individually very happy for me, the way I performed for the team and get a win outside Sri Lanka. The wicket had something for the fast bowlers and me and Kamindu were talking about playing late and restricting some shots, Kamindu batted really well in his comeback Test match. That’s what I wanted from the No. 7. In second innings, there was not much help like the first innings but our bowlers kept hitting the right areas and it paid off. No idea about it, we have to go and see the conditions, we have to prepare for that,” stated de Silva in the course of the post-match presentation.
