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    "excerpt": "India stayed in contention of playing the ICC World Test Championship final next year as they retained their second spot at year-end despite New Zealand beating Pakistan by 101 runs in the first Test ",
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    "editor1": "<p>India stayed in contention of playing the ICC World Test Championship final next year as they retained their second spot at year-end despite New Zealand beating Pakistan by 101 runs in the first Test at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Australia lead the points table with 76.6 % (Percentage of points or PCT) while India are second with 72.2% following their victory in the second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>New Zealand, meanwhile, cemented their position at third and moved a bit closer to India with 66.7%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England (No. 4 with 60.8%), Pakistan (No. 5 with 34.6%) and South Africa (No. 6 with 28%) follow the top three.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sri Lanka are at No. 7 with 26.7%, while West Indies are No. 8 with 11.1%.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;New Zealand keep themselves in contention of making it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship,&quot; the International Cricket (ICC) tweeted on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New Zealand keep themselves in contention of making it to the final of the ICC World Test Championship<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WTC21?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WTC21<\/a> standings table after the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NZvPAK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NZvPAK<\/a> Test <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZnHHIPT0S\">pic.twitter.com\/IZnHHIPT0S<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; ICC (@ICC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ICC\/status\/1344177313152430083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>Though India lead every other team on the number of points earned, the ICC recently introduced a points system that ranks teams on percentage of points (PCT) instead of the overall points earned, after several series\/matches could not take place due to Covid pandemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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