The factors desk ICC World Take a look at Championship 2023-25 at present seems rather a lot clearer after India misplaced the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 to Australia. The leaderboard of the WTC desk is decided by way of Share System (PCT) factors.
South Africa vs Australia showdown on the Lord’s
As Australia clinched a historic win within the SCG Take a look at to safe the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after 10 years, the 2 groups for the coveted ICC WTC finals are actually determined. South Africa at present sits on the high of the desk with 66.670 factors. The Proteas managed to safe 7 wins and three attracts within the present cycle with a complete of 11 matches they’ve performed. The one match the South Africans misplaced within the cycle until now was in opposition to India within the Freedom Trophy again in January 2024. The South African workforce is at present enjoying a 2-match Take a look at collection in opposition to Pakistan on their house soil.
The highway to finals for the Aussies has not been as clean because the Proteas, however the Australian workforce proved their mettle and earned their spot the laborious means throughout the course of the cycle. The Australians managed to attract the 2023 Ashes in opposition to England and the Frank Worrell Trophy in opposition to the West Indies. Nevertheless, the Australian workforce gained necessary factors for the WTC cycle by a clear sweep within the Benaud-Qadir Trophy in opposition to Pakistan and Trans-Tasman Trophy in opposition to New Zealand. The Australian critically wanted to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to succeed in the WTC finals and the previous champions managed to do exactly that by defeating India 3-1 within the collection. Australia are but to play Sri Lanka within the present cycle.
Notably, the 2 finalists, South Africa and Australia haven’t performed in opposition to one another within the present WTC cycle.
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India will get the third place within the present WTC cycle
The stark decline of the Indian workforce within the longest format of the sport is obvious not simply with their efficiency within the current collection loss in opposition to Australia, but additionally from the truth that India, the two-time WTC runner-up has failed to succeed in the finals of the distinguished title and will solely get the No.3 within the league desk.
India had performed all its matches within the present cycle and with 9 wins and eight losses solely managed to garner 50 PCT factors. A clean-sweep in opposition to New Zealand and the current 3-1 defeat within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy had damage the Indian prospects of going to the WTC finals essentially the most. The Kiwis are behind India within the league desk with 48.210 PCT factors adopted by Sri Lanka, England, Bangladesh, Pakistan and West Indies.
The 2025-27 cycle of the World Take a look at Championship is about to start in June this 12 months as England tackle India for a 5-match Take a look at collection on their house soil.
