The points table ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 This currently seems much clearer after India lost the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia. WTC table ranking is determined by percentage system points (PCT).
South Africa-Australia clash at Lord’s
As Australia notched a historic victory in the SCG test to secure the Frontier-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years, the two teams for the coveted ICC WTC final are now decided. South Africa currently leads the rankings with 66,670 points. The Proteas have managed to achieve 7 wins and 3 draws in the current cycle with a total of 11 matches played. The only match the South Africans have lost during 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 the Pakistan on its soil.
The path to the final for the Australians was not as easy as it was for the Proteas, but the Australian team proved their mettle and earned their place the hard way over the course of the cycle. Australians managed to draw Ashes 2023 England and the Frank Worrell Trophy against the West Indies. However, the Australian team gained important points for the WTC cycle by winning the Benaud-Qadir Trophy against Pakistan and Trans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand. The Australian absolutely 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 has not played yet Sri Lanka in the current cycle.
Notably, the two finalists, South Africa and Australia, have not faced each other in the current WTC cycle.
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India secures third place in current WTC round
The Indian team’s sharp decline in the longest format of the game is evident not only from their performance in the recent defeat against Australia, but also from the fact that two-time WTC finalists India failed to achieve the record. final of the prestigious title and was only able to secure third place in the ranking.
India have played all their matches in the current cycle and with 9 wins and 8 losses, have managed to collect only 50 PCT points. A clean sweep against New Zealand and the recent 3-1 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy have hurt India’s chances of reaching the WTC final the most. The Kiwis are behind India in the standings with 48,210 PCT points, followed by Sri Lanka, England, BangladeshPakistan and West Indies.
The 2025-27 cycle of the World Test Championship is set to begin in June this year as England take on India for a 5-match Test series on home soil.
