India's dramatic win over South Africa in the third and final Test here helped Virat Kohli and co to retain the ICC Test Championship mace and win an award of US$ 1 million. India had arrived in South Africa on 124 points, with South Africa 13 points behind on 111 points. Had South Africa pulled off a 3-0 series win against India, then a win by 2-0 or better against Australia would have helped them reclaim the mace that they had last won in 2015. Now, South Africa will have to win at least one Test against Australia to retain second place in the Test table, which, in turn, will earn them US$ 500,000. However, if Australia win by 3-0 or 4-0, then they will leapfrog South Africa into second place.

Source: dna January 28, 2018 03:54 UTC