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WTC qualification scenarios: The maths behind the race to the final
['Will Macpherson']
Wisden
More wins will certainly take them closer to or beyond 65, which would definitely be enough to make the WTC final.
However, there is a chance that things go down to the wire and the final is still in play during their final series against Sri Lanka.
New ZealandCurrent PCT - 72.22Maximum PCT - 89.58Remaining Series - 2 Tests vs IND (home), 4 Tests vs AUS (away), 2 Tests vs SL (home), 2 Tests vs PAK (away)The inaugural WTC champions have won four of their last five Tests.
IndiaCurrent PCT - 48.15Maximum PCT - 74.07Remaining Series- 2 Tests vs SL (away), 2 Tests vs NZ (away), 5 Tests vs AUS (home)India have very little margin for error if they are to make the WTC final.
Shubman Gill and his men certainly have an uphill task over the next few months in the whites, with the race to make the WTC final getting intense.