The new cycle of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 left for a start full of action, three series of tests already shaping the early classification. While Australia and England have reached the summit, India and the Antilles need to catch up. Australia and England occupy the first two places of the WTC table, each offering a percentage of perfect points of 100 after winning its opening matches. Sri Lanka seated third after finishing his two -game series against Bangladesh with a victory and a draw. Bangladesh, with a draw and a loss, are placed fourth.
Here is the full ranking of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27:
WTC 2025-27 ranking
Meanwhile, three champions reigned in South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan, have not yet started their WTC campaigns.
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Will India are recovering from their early loss in the WTC 2025-27 cycle?
India’s opening match did not go as planned despite an impressive fight in Headingley. Visitors had five centurions in the match, but still found themselves on the losing side while England managed a spectacular prosecution to take a 1-0 lead in the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy of five tests. Setting a goal of 371, England rose to an opening stand commander between Ben Duckett (149) and Zak Crawley, while Joe Root and beginner Jamie Smith guided the Chase house with an unsightly partnership. Shubman Gill’s men were left to the height of an average collapse and dropped the captures that have proven costly.Quiz: Who is this IPL player? Speaking after the match, Gill admitted that India had their chances but failed to grasp them. He revealed that India was considering a more important lead, but a lack of races of the lower order with their plans. India will now be focused on the second test in Edgbaston, hoping to bounce back quickly and maintain their WTC campaign alive. For the moment, however, they are sitting near the bottom of the table alongside the Antilles. The WTC cycle started with the Sri Lanka tour in Bangladesh on June 17 and will take place until the final in 2027.