Here is the updated WTC 2023-25 points table after India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia
Points table ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 it looks a lot clearer right now after India lost the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia. The WTC leaderboard is determined through the percentage point system (PCT).
South Africa vs Australia at Lord’s
As Australia scored a historic win in the SCG Test to ensure Granica-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years, two teams have now been decided for the coveted ICC WTC final. South Africa he is currently at the top of the table with 66,670 points. In the previous cycle, with a total of 11 matches played, the Proteas managed to achieve 7 wins and 3 draws. The only match the South Africans have lost in the cycle so far was against India in the Freedom Trophy in January 2024. The South African team is currently playing a 2-match Test series against Pakistan at their home ground.
The road to the final was not as smooth for the Aussies as it was for the Proteas, but the Australian team proved their mettle and earned their place the hard way during the cycle. The Australians managed to draw 2023 Ashes against England and the Frank Worrell Trophy vs West Indies. However, the Australian team won important points for the WTC cycle with a clean sweep of the Benaud-Qadir Trophy vs Pakistan and Trans-Tasman Trophy Vs New Zealand. The Australians critically needed to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to reach the WTC final and the former champions managed to do just that by beating India 3-1 in the series. Australia have yet to play Sri Lanka in the current cycle.
Namely, the two finalists, South Africa and Australia did not play against each other in the current WTC cycle.
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India ranks third in the current WTC cycle
The steep decline of the Indian team in the longest format of the game is evident not only in their performance in the recent series defeat against Australia, but also in the fact that India, two-time WTC runners-up, failed to reach the final of the prestigious title and could only manage 3rd place in league table.
India have played all their matches in the current cycle and with 9 wins and 8 losses managed to collect only 50 PCT points. A clean sheet against New Zealand and a recent 3-1 loss in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy hurt India’s chances of going to the WTC final the most. The Kiwis are behind India in the league table with 48,210 PCT points, followed by Sri Lanka, England, BangladeshPakistan and West Indies.
World Test Championship cycle 2025-27. he is set to start in June this year when England play India in a 5-match Test series at their home ground.
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