Bring Table background image above Row background color

I have a table with alternate rows having a background color for better readability. The table element also has a background image which repeats throughout the table as a watermark.

Now the Table background image gets overlapped by the Row background color. I want to bring the table background image above Row background color but not above row data.

HTML Code:

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Company</th>
    <th>Contact</th>
    <th>Country</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
    <td>Maria Anders</td>
    <td>Germany</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Centro comercial Moctezuma</td>
    <td>Francisco Chang</td>
    <td>Mexico</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Ernst Handel</td>
    <td>Roland Mendel</td>
    <td>Austria</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Laughing Bacchus Winecellars</td>
    <td>Yoshi Tannamuri</td>
    <td>Canada</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</td>
    <td>Giovanni Rovelli</td>
    <td>Italy</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Island Trading</td>
    <td>Helen Bennett</td>
    <td>UK</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Laughing Bacchus Winecellars</td>
    <td>Yoshi Tannamuri</td>
    <td>Canada</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</td>
    <td>Giovanni Rovelli</td>
    <td>Italy</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
    <td>Maria Anders</td>
    <td>Germany</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Centro comercial Moctezuma</td>
    <td>Francisco Chang</td>
    <td>Mexico</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Ernst Handel</td>
    <td>Roland Mendel</td>
    <td>Austria</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</td>
    <td>Giovanni Rovelli</td>
    <td>Italy</td>
  </tr>
</table>

CSS Code:

table {
  width: 100%;
  background-image: url(https://i.ibb.co/G3RH3zM/sample-bg.png);
  background-repeat: no-repeat space;
  background-position: center center;
}

td, th {
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  text-align: left;
  padding: 8px;
}

tr:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: #dddddd;
}

JS Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/hpLu58y0/

>Solution :

Alternatively to my comment, you could use a pseudo ::after on the table and put the background there.

Since it’s a new element, you’ll be able to position it however you like, and thus ‘it encounter the background + stacking issues I mentioned.

PoC:

table {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 0;
  /* [...] */
}

table::after {
  content: "";
  pointer-events: none; /* let mouse events through */
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  width: 100%; /* old iOS, OSX compat */
  height: 100%; /* old iOS, OSX compat */
  background-image: /* the image here instead */;
}