World Test Championship Final: How Pakistan can help India qualify for the mega event?

India need to win the last two Test matches against Australia to make the World Test Championship Final (WTC) final for the third time in a row without other results making a difference. 

However, if one game against Australia ends in a draw and the other in a win, India will either need Sri Lanka to at least pull off one draw against Australia in the impending two-Test series in January, or Pakistan to hold South Africa to a draw in one game and win the other.

If India lose one game and win the other, resulting in a 2-2 draw in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, Rohit Sharma and his men will need Sri Lanka to beat Australia by a margin of 1-0 or want Pakistan to whitewash South Africa. 

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If both the Tests in Melbourne and Sydney end in a draw, India will need Pakistan to win both their matches or hope Australia can’t secure more than one win against Sri Lanka.

However, Pakistan, who stand seventh in the WTC points table, could ruin South Africa’s party, which could largely favour India, who currently stand third in the table.