The Indian team has suffered a loss in the points table of the World Test Championship. New Zealand has made a huge leap in the points table by defeating West Indies by 9 wickets in the second test. Let us tell you that Pakistan is also ahead of India in the table. After winning the second test against West Indies, New Zealand has moved from sixth to third place. Australia is at first place with 100 points percentage.

Australia, the winner of the 2023 World Test Championship, is currently in first place. Australia currently has a 2-0 lead over England in the Ashes 2025-26 series. South Africa, which recently gave a 2-0 clean sweep to India in the Test series at home, is in second place. Kiwi team has captured the third place.

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The Indian team is now in sixth place, with a points percentage of 48.15. Whereas Australia, sitting at the top, has a points percentage of 100. The difference is so clear that Team India’s hopes of going to the final are decreasing. Even Pakistan is ahead of India at fifth position in the points table.

If England makes a strong comeback in the remaining 3 matches of the Ashes, then the Indian team can slip one more place to seventh position. In the current cycle of WTC, India has played 9 Tests and registered only four wins. Sri Lanka has also slipped one place to fourth position.

When is India’s next test series?

India does not have to play any test series for the next 8 months. Team India’s next Test series will be with Sri Lanka in August 2026. Let us tell you that if India has to keep its hopes of 2027 WTC final alive, then it will have to win most of the remaining matches.

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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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In the Guwahati Test, the first innings of the Indian team was reduced to 201 runs. Team India, which took a lead of 288 runs in the first innings, is close to sweeping India 2-0 in the South Africa series. Let us tell you that if South Africa scores 212 runs in the second innings, then Team India will get the target of 500 runs. From this you can understand how strong a position South Africa has reached in the second test. If India loses this Test match, what will be the impact on its position in the World Test Championship points table? Here you will get the answer to this question.

Current status of WTC points table

If we look at the current situation of the points table of the World Test Championship, Australia remains at the first position by winning all its matches. Teams are ranked on the basis of percentage of points in the WTC points table. Australia, which is in first place, has a points percentage of 100, while South Africa is at second place with a percentage of 66.67 and Sri Lanka is at third place (66.67). India is currently at fourth position, whose points percentage is 54.17.

Currently Pakistan is at fifth position, England at sixth and Bangladesh at seventh position. West Indies have lost all their 5 matches so far in the WTC 2025-27 cycle and are currently at eighth position in the table. New Zealand has not played any match yet in the current cycle.

If India loses the second test, Pakistan benefits

If the Indian team also loses the second test at the hands of South Africa, then its points percentage will increase to 48.14. Pakistan will directly benefit from this, which remains at fifth position with 50 points percentage. After losing the series to South Africa, Team India will come to number-5 in the points table. On the other hand, South Africa will further strengthen its second position, because if it wins the Guwahati Test, its points percentage will reach 75.

Now the question is whether Team India will remain in the race for the finals? After losing the series against South Africa, India will have 9 matches left in the World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Out of those, the Indian team has to play 2 series abroad. The simple equation is that if India registers 8 wins in the remaining 9 test matches, then its points percentage will cross 70. If we look at the last three finals, the average percentage of teams going to the finals has been 64-68. In such a situation, by winning the next 8 tests, the Indian team can easily enter the finals.

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India has won the 2-match Test series against West Indies 2-0. In the second test played in Delhi, Shubman Gill and team defeated the visiting team by 7 wickets. Earlier in Ahmedabad, India had defeated West Indies by an innings and 140 runs. This is India’s first win in the World Test Championship 2025-2027 cycle. Know what is the status of the marks table after this? Which team is in which position.

Australia and Sri Lanka occupy top-2

The Australia cricket team has played 3 Tests in the WTC 2025-27 cycle and won all three matches. Australia is at first place in the points table with 36 points and 100 percent win. In second place is Sri Lanka, which has played 2 Tests and won 1 match and drawn 1. Sri Lanka has 16 points but the winning percentage is 66.67. Sri Lanka is above India due to higher winning percentage.

Team India at number three

India is at third place in the World Test Championship points table. India has played 7 matches in this cycle, out of which the team has won 4 and lost 2. The team’s 1st match (against England) was a draw. India is at third place in the points table with 52 points and 61.90 win percentage.

England is at number four, which ended the 5-match Test series against India with a 2-2 draw. England won 2 matches and lost 2, 1 match was drawn. England is at fourth position with 26 points and 43.33 win percentage.

With whom and when is India’s next test series?

Team India’s next test series will be played next month. South Africa team will play a series of 2 Test, 3 ODI and 5 T20 matches on India tour. It will start with the Test series, the first Test will be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata from 14th November. The second Test will be played at the ACA (Assam Cricket Association) Stadium in Assam from 22nd November.

The Indian cricket team lost a close match at Lord’s, chasing the target of 193 runs, Ravindra Jadeja struggled till the end but could not reach the victory. After this exciting match, the World Test Championship was a big upset in the 2025-27 points table. The Indian team has come at number four, while England benefited.

In the first innings in the third Test played at Lord’s Cricket Ground, both teams had equal score (387). Joe Root scored a century in the first innings, Jasprit Bumrah had 5 wickets. KL Rahul scored a century in India’s first innings. In the second innings, England team collapsed for 192 runs. When India’s batting started on the fourth day, it felt that Team India would register its fourth win in Lord’s.

Except for Ravindra Jadeja and KL Rahul, who scored 72 runs in the first innings, no batsman’s bat in the second innings was done. 7 batsmen could not even cross the double figure and India lost this match by 22 runs.

WTC 2025-27 points table after India vs England third Test

This is the second win of this cycle of England under the captaincy of Ben Stokes, with this the team finished second in the World Test Championship points table. England have won 2 Tests out of 3, 1 has lost. The team has 24 points.

This is the second defeat of this cycle of Shubman Gill & Team. Team India is at number four, it has 12 points. Sri Lanka is at number three above India, who has won 1 out of 2 Tests and played 1 draw. Sri Lanka has 16 points.

The latest points table of WTC 2025-27 pic.twitter.com/d87cjti8f7

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Australia at number one

The Australian cricket team, which reached the final of the last 2 cycles, remains at the top in this cycle (2025-2027). Australia played 3 matches and won all, it has 36 points.