Table of contents ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 at the moment it looks very good after India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 to Australia. The leading group of the WTC table is determined through the Percentage System (PCT).
South Africa vs Australia at Lord's
Like Australia scored a huge victory in the SCG Test to secure it Border-Gavaskar Trophy After 10 years, the two favorite teams for the ICC WTC finals have now been decided. South Africa they are currently at the top of the table with 66.670 points. The Proteas have managed 7 wins and 3 draws in the current 11 matches they have played. South Africa's only loss in the tournament so far was against India in the Freedom Trophy in January 2024. South Africa is currently playing a 2-match test series against Pakistan at home.
The road to the finals for the Aussies was not as smooth as the Proteas', but the Australian team showed their mettle and found the tough spots throughout. The Australians managed to draw the 2023 Ashes against England and Frank Worrell Trophy vs West Indies. However, the Australian team got important points in the WTC match with a clean sweep in the Benaud-Qadir Trophy against. Pakistan and the Trans-Tasman Trophy vs new Zealand. The Australian all-rounder desperately needed to win the Border-Gavaskar trophy to reach the finals of the WTC and the former champions managed to do so by defeating India 3-1 in the series. Australia has to play Sri Lanka in the modern era.
Notably, the two finalists, South Africa and Australia did not play in the WTC games.
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India will get the third place in the current WTC structure
The deep decline of the Indian team in the longest format of the game is evident not only by their performance in the recent loss against Australia, but also by the fact that India, the two-year WTC runner-up has failed to reach. finalists of the top title and can get the 3rd place in the league.
India had played all their matches in the current tournament and with 9 wins and 8 losses they managed to get 50 PCT points. A clean sweep against New Zealand and a recent 3-1 defeat in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy dashed India's hopes of reaching the WTC final. The Kiwis are behind India in the league table with 48.210 PCT points followed by Sri Lanka, England, BangladeshPakistan and the West Indies.
The 2025-27 World Test Championship starts in June this year when England take on India in a five-match Test series at home.