India drawn a 5-Test series 2-2 in England and made third place in the World Test Championship (WTC) point table. The team has 28 points. India will now play the Test series against West Indies and South Africa at home this year. The team can make it to the top-2 teams by winning both.
Australia and Sri Lanka Top-2 teams The new cycle of WTC began with the Test series between India and England. During this period, the West Indies played the series with Australia and Sri Lanka played a series with Bangladesh at home. New Zealand, Pakistan and South African teams have not played any series so far.
Australia is at number 1 with 100% points from the 3 Test win. Sri Lanka is at No. 2 with 1 win and 67% points from 1 draw. India ranks third, England at number four, Bangladesh is number 5 and West Indies sixth. The remaining 3 teams could not even open the account.
Series draw is more points than India's England? In the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, both India and England won 2-2 Tests. While there was a draw between the two. Wins give 12 points and 1 draw 4 points. Therefore, both teams got 28-28 points, but the ICC imposed a penalty on England. England were fined 2 points in the third Test due to a slow over rate, which led to their points 26 and the team slipped fourth.
India will now play the series in October In one of the WTC cycles, teams play 6 Test series, 3 of their homes and 3 foreign teams. India played this series in England. The team will now play 2 Test series against the West Indies in October this year. Next month, the team will play 2 Test series against South Africa.
Team India will win 76 points by winning all four tests. India will reach second in the points table with 70% of these points. Currently there are about 67% of Sri Lanka. During this time, if a single match in India draws, the team will be third. Because of this, the team can go below the third number if the results are bad. If India is hoping to reach the final, it will have to win all the matches at home.
Series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka next year Team India will play 2-2 Test series in New Zealand and Sri Lanka in 2026. Its results will determine how much wins the team will need in the last series to reach the final. India's last series will be played on the home ground against Australia in February 2027. The Kangaroo team beat India 1-1 in the Test in the last 2 tours. Therefore, Team India will have to secure its place in the final before the Australia Series.
India could not play the last final The ICC launched WTC in 2019. Under this, 9 teams play 6 Test series with each other for 2 years. 3 on their home ground and 3 on the home ground of 3 foreign team. After all the series is completed, teams in the top 2 locations in the points table get into the final.
India and New Zealand reached the final in 2021, where Team India lost by 8 wickets at Southampton Stadium. India entered the title match against Australia in 2023, but lost by 209 at Team Oval. The final was held between South Africa and Australia in 2025, where the Proteese team won by 5 wickets at the Lord's Stadium and won the ICC World Tournament for the first time.
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