Durban
Australia registered a massive 214-run win against South Africa in the Durban Test. With this win, Australia has firmly retained its top position in the race for the World Test Championship. Due to this big defeat, South Africa, the winner of the previous season, has slipped to the last position. The New Zealand team has come to second place in this points table. Interestingly, Bangladesh has performed exceptionally well in this cycle of the World Test Championship. The neighboring country has retained its fourth position on the points table, while the Indian team is at fifth position. It is also surprising that in this cycle England has performed worse than India and is in seventh place. West Indies team is at 8th position and Pakistan is at 9th position.
As this cycle of the World Test Championship is progressing, teams are trying harder to reach the top-2. In recent weeks, the World Test Championship has seen many exciting Test matches in different continents. The two-match Test series against Bangladesh played in Australia last month was very exciting. Bangladesh registered a historic win in the first Test, while the hosts made a spectacular comeback in the second Test to level the series. India recorded an impressive 165-run win against Sri Lanka in Galle, however, the second Test match had to end in a draw. England followed up their impressive win against Pakistan in Leeds with another big win at Lord’s and eventually registered a comfortable win at Edgbaston to complete a 3-0 series clean sweep. The race for the WTC final continues. Many more exciting matches are expected to be played in the 2025-27 season and there may be ups and downs in the rankings.
Australia on top, Bangladesh ahead of India
So far, Australia has played a total of 11 matches in the 2025-27 World Test Championship, out of which they have won 9 and their winning percentage is 81.82. New Zealand is in second place in this table and is the biggest contender to remain in the race for the final. New Zealand has played a total of 6 Test matches in this cycle so far, out of which they have won four and their winning percentage is 72.22. The South African team has slipped to third place, which was in second place till Tuesday morning. South Africa has played a total of five matches in this cycle so far, out of which they have won three and their winning percentage is 60. Bangladesh has performed brilliantly this season and played a total of 6 matches, out of which it has won three and its winning percentage is 55.56. India is at fifth place in this list. India has played a total of 11 matches so far in this cycle, out of which it has won five. The winning percentage is 51.52, due to which he is in fifth place. Shubman Gill has scored 1024 runs for India in this series and he is the highest run scoring Indian. Mohammad Siraj has taken 43 wickets. India still has a five-match Test series against Australia and a two-match Test series against New Zealand left and it is necessary to win most of the matches in both these series to reach the final of the World Test Championship. If India loses more than one match then its dream of reaching the final will be dashed.