WTC Points Table 2025-2027: There has been a big upheaval in the points table of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC). After the crushing defeat of 214 runs at the hands of Australia in the first Test match played at the Kingsmead ground in Durban, the South African team has suffered a huge loss in the points table. Before this defeat, the Proteas team, which was in second place with 75 percentage points, has now slipped to third place.
South Africa suffered huge losses
In the match played at Kingsmead, the Australian team maintained its dominance throughout the match. Australia made a strong score of 390 runs in the first innings, in response to which South Africa’s first innings was reduced to 284 runs. After gaining a first innings lead of 106 runs, the Kangaroos declared their second innings at 314 runs for 6 wickets and set a target of 421 runs for the host team to win. But the entire South African team collapsed for just 206 runs. With this, Australia won the match by a huge margin of 214 runs.
After the result of this match, a significant change was seen in the standings of the World Test Championship. With 3 wins and 2 losses in 5 matches, South Africa’s percentage points have come to 60.00, while its total points are 36. On the other hand, New Zealand team has reached second position with 72.22 percentage points with 4 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw in 6 matches. At the same time, with 9 wins and only 2 losses in 11 matches, the Australian team is firmly at the top with 81.8 percentage points.
How is the condition of other teams?
Bangladesh team is in fourth place in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27. He has 55.56 percentage points. Whereas, India is at 5th place with 51.52 percentage points. Apart from this, England is at sixth, Sri Lanka at 7th, West Indies at 8th and Pakistan at the bottom at 9th.