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India Schedule in WTC 2025: After drawing the series against South Africa, the Indian cricket team has reached the first position in the World Test Championship (WTC 2025). From here the Indian team’s mission WTC 2025 gained momentum. After suffering a defeat in the first match, Team India recovered in the second test and won by 7 wickets.
India won 2 out of 4 matches.
After the WTC final in June 2023, a new cycle of the championship began. India have so far toured the West Indies and South Africa in the 2023-25 cycle. India played 2-2 Tests in both countries. India got one win and one draw in West Indies. Meanwhile, the team has 1 win and 1 loss in South Africa.
12 points for every win..
In WTC, each team has to play at least 6 series. But, the number of matches in each team’s series is not fixed. Some series have only 2 Test matches while some series have 5 Test matches. In such a situation, if the ranking is based on total points, the teams with more Test matches would have more advantage. To avoid this situation, ICC gives importance to percentage points for ranking. This is how the rank will be decided.
The challenge ahead of India..
After three years, the England team will come to India to play a Test series against England. This time there will be 5 matches in the series. The first Test will be played from January 25 to 29, the second Test from February 2 to 6, the third Test from February 15 to 19, the fourth Test from February 23 to 27 and the fifth Test from March 7 to 11.
India will face a challenge in terms of WTC against England. These matches will be competitive in a five-match series. The last Test series between India and England was held in England in August 2021. leveled the five-Test series at 2-2. The last series between the two teams in India was in February 2021. India won the 4-Test series 3-1.
India will play 5 Test series against Aussies..
The Indian team will tour Australia in November. Winning this series is important for the team. Because it is a 5 test series. India will go to face Australia at home. Australia is the only team among Sena (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) to not win a Test series against India in the last 10 years. The team’s last win was at home in 2014. After that India won the four series against Australia by 2-1. Out of which 2 are in India and only 2 are in Australia. In such a situation, the 5 Test series in terms of WTC will be a challenge for India as well as Australia.
India played the finals of two seasons.
Team India has played finals in both the WTC seasons (2019-2021) and (2021-23). In the first season i.e. 2019-21 season, India stood at the top. Meanwhile, India is at the second position in the 2021-23 season. In the first season India faced New Zealand in the finals and in the second season they faced Australia. India lost both the matches.
India will play 17-18 matches in each cycle.
During the WTC cycle, the Indian team will play 17 to 18 matches. In the first season, India played 17 matches out of which they won 12, lost 4 and drew one. Meanwhile, in the second season, out of 18 matches, the team won 10. 5 lost. But 3 matches were drawn.
2 Test series between South Africa and New Zealand
After the series against India, South Africa will now play a 2-Test series against New Zealand from February 4. Meanwhile, after South Africa, New Zealand will play 2 Tests against Australia in March.
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