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India played a 5-Test series 2–2 draw in England and made it third in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. The team has 28 points. India now have to play Test series from West Indies and South Africa at homeground this year. After winning both, the team can make it to the top-2 teams.
Australia and Sri Lanka Top-2 teams The new bicycle of WTC began with the Test series between India and England. During this time, West Indies played a series at home from Bangladesh by Australia and Sri Lanka. Teams from New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa have not been able to play any series so far.
Australia is at number-1 with 100% points from 3 Test win. At the same time, Sri Lanka is at number two with 1 win and 1 draw from 67% points. India is third, England fourth, Bangladesh fifth and West Indies at number six. The account of the remaining 3 teams did not open.
Series draw, why India has more points than England? Both India and England won 2–2 Tests in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. There was a 1 match draw between the two. A win gives 12 points and 1 draw from 1 draw. Therefore, both teams got only 28-28 points, but ICC also imposed a penalty on England. In the third Test, England got a penalty of 2 points due to the slow over rate, causing them to 26 points and the team slipped to number four.
India will now play series in October Teams play 6 Test series in a WTC bicycle, 3 at their homeground and 3 at homeground of foreign teams. India played the series in England. Now the team will play a 2 Test series against the West Indies at home in October this year. The next month, the team will also play a series of 2 Tests at home from South Africa.
Team India will become 76 points by winning all four Tests on the homeground. With which India will reach number-2 in the points table with 70% points. Sri Lanka currently holds around 67% points. During this time, if a single match of India was drawn, then the team will remain at number three. In case of bad results, the team can also go below number-3. If you want to maintain the hopes of reaching the finals, then India will have to win all matches on the homeground.
Series from New Zealand and Sri Lanka next year In 2026, Team India has to go to New Zealand and Sri Lanka to play a 2-2 Test series. The results of these will decide how much winning will be required in the last series to reach the final. India’s last series will be at homeground against Australia in February 2027. The Kangaroo team has defeated India 1-1 Tests on the last 2 tours. Therefore, before the Australia series, Team India will have to confirm their place in the final.
India could not play the last final WTC was started by ICC in 2019. Under this, 9 teams play 6 Test series among themselves for 2 years. 3 on their homeground and 3 on the homeground of foreign team. After the end of all the series, the teams living on the top-2 position of the points table get entry in the final.
In 2021, India and New Zealand made it to the finals, where Team India lost by 8 wickets at Southampton’s stadium. In 2023, India made it to the title match with Australia, but the team lost by 209 runs at The Oval. The final was held between South Africa and Australia in 2025, the Protiaz team won by 5 wickets at The Lord’s Stadium and won the World Tournament of ICC for the first time.