Due to the loss of the second test, the Indian team has suffered a huge loss in the points table of the World Test Championship. Team India has now come below Pakistan in the points table. Pakistan has now come to fourth place, while India has come to fifth place. In Guwahati, the Indian team had got a huge target of 549 runs, but in reply, India’s second innings was limited to only 140 runs.

Earlier in the Kolkata Test also, South Africa had defeated Team India by 30 runs. Now under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, the Indian team has suffered a big defeat of 408 runs in Guwahati. After 25 years, South Africa has given a clean sweep to India in the Test series at its home.

India’s loss in WTC points table

Before the South Africa Test series, Team India was at fourth position, but after losing the series by 0-2, it has come down to fifth position. India’s points percentage is now 48.15. If we remember the last 3 finals, Team India still seems far away from the finals. Pakistan’s points percentage is 50, hence it is above India in the points table.

Australia is currently the table topper, having won all four of its matches so far and its points percentage is 100. South Africa, which won the series against India, has firmly occupied the second position as its points percentage has come down to 75. Sri Lanka is currently in third place.

1. Australia
2. South Africa
3. Sri Lanka
4. Pakistan
5. India
6. England
7. bangladesh

South Africa won in India after 25 years

South Africa has won a Test series in India after 25 years. The last time South Africa defeated India 2-0 in a Test series was in the year 2000. At that time Hansie Cronje was the captain of the South African team. After that, South Africa was able to register only 2 wins in 13 Test matches played in India.

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By winning the Oval Test by 6 runs, India finished the series against England on a 2-2 draw. This is the victory of India’s lowest run difference in Test cricket history. Well, no matter how many runs have come from, India has benefited in the World Test Championship Points Table Update. In the latest update, the Indian team has come at number three with the benefit of one place, the win percentage has increased to 46.67.

Before the Oval Test, the Indian team was fourth, while England was third. After India’s win by 6 runs in the Oval Test, both teams have been swapped. Both India and England won two each in the Test series, while there was a match draw. Both teams got equal points, but the ICC had cut 2 points of England as a punishment due to being found guilty of slow-over rate.

Latest WTC points table, India benefits

Australia sits at the top with 100 percent win in the latest points table of the World Test Championship. Sri Lanka is still in second place, which has lost only one of its 3 matches. India remains third and England in fourth place. Bangladesh is at the fifth and West Indies at the sixth position. New Zealand, Pakistan and defending champions South Africa have not played any series in the WTC cycle so far.

• First place – Australia
• Second place – Sri Lanka
• Third place – India
• Fourth place – England
• Fifth place – Bangladesh

When is India’s next series in WTC?

India’s next series in the World Test Championship is to be held with the West Indies. In October, the West Indies team will visit India for the 2 Test series. This series will run from 2–14 October.

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Both India and England may have to suffer losses in the World Test Championship 2025-27. In Lord’s Test, the game has been half an hour more than the scheduled time. The Slow-Over Rate Rules of the International Cricket Council (ICC) may have to pay penalty to captain Shubman Gill and Ben Stokes of both teams. Not only this, it is possible to cut the points of India and England in the World Test Championship table.

On the first day in the Lord’s Test, India was able to bowl only 83 overs, while on the second day only 75 overs were able to play. On the third day in this Test match, 13 less overs bowling were bowled than the limit. On the third day in the Lord’s Test, there was only 77 overs.

WTC points will cut points in tables

The team’s points will be cut due to the slow over rate under the rules of the World Test Championship. Remind you that after the fourth Test match of the 2023 Ashes series, Australia had to face a penalty of 10 points. In the same series, England had to suffer 19 points penalty. England had a total penalty of 22 points in the last cycle of the World Test Championship.

Talking about the current rule, a team will lose the same number of marks as much as a team has done by the scheduled time. On the first day, the Indian team threw 7 overs less. On the other hand, England also threw less over both days. Along with the teams, the players of both teams can also be penalty. The ICC rule says that the players will have to suffer 5 percent penalty of match fees for each over of all the overs that the team may have reduced during the day.

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