New Zealand jumped in the WTC points table, took the place of defending champion, see updated table
Key Points:
New Zealand made a strong start by winning the Test series 2-0 against West Indies at home. With the 323-run win in the third Test, the team reached second place in the WTC table. New Zealand has not lost any test so far in the current cycle.
Delhi: After failing to make it to the last two finals of the World Test Championship (WTC), New Zealand has made a great start to the new cycle. The Kiwi team gave a strong message by winning the Test series 2-0 against West Indies at home. With a big win of 323 runs in the third Test, New Zealand has reached second place in the WTC 2025-27 points table.
New Zealand reached second place in place of South Africa
After this victory, New Zealand left defending champion South Africa behind. In the current cycle, New Zealand has not lost a single test match so far. The first test of the series was a draw while the team completely dominated in the last match. The winning percentage of Kiwi team is slightly better than South Africa.
There will be no major change in the WTC points table in the year 2025. There is only one Test match left in the calendar year, which will be the Boxing Day Test between Australia and England. The result of this match will not make any difference because Australia will remain on top and England will remain in seventh place.
Till now West Indies and Bangladesh are the teams which have not won a single Test in this cycle. West Indies have already lost seven Tests, making it almost impossible for them to reach the WTC final.
WTC 2025-27 Updated Points Table
| Order | Team | played matches | won | lost | draw | dead | score | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 100.00 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 77.78 |
| 3 | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 75.00 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 66.67 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50.00 |
| 6 | India | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 48.15 |
| 7 | England | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 27.08 |
| 8 | bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16.67 |
| 9 | west indies | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.17 |
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