Indian cricket team has reached number one in the WTC i.e. World Test Championship after drawing the series against South Africa. From here the Indian team’s mission WTC 2025 has gained momentum. After the tour of West Indies and South Africa, the team will now play a 5-Test series against England at home. At the same time, the team is also touring Australia in November-December. These two tours are important for India. Both these series will include a total of 10 test games.

India has won 2 out of 4 matches so far
A new cycle of the championship started after the WTC final in June 2023. India have now toured West and South Africa in the 2023-25 ​​cycle. Both of them played 2-2 Tests in India. India got one win and one match was drawn in West Indies. Whereas, the South African team got 1 win and 1 loss.

You get 12 points for every win, promotion is decided by percentage
In WTC, every team has to play at least 6 series, but the number of matches in each team’s series is not fixed. In some series there are only 2 test matches, while in some series there are 5 test matches. In such a situation, if the ranking is made on the basis of total points, then those figures who play more test matches get more benefit. To avoid this situation, ICC has introduced percentage points for ranking and this is how the rank is decided.

India’s next challenge is against England
The England team will enter India for a Test series after 3 years. This time 5 warehouses in the series. The first Test will be played from 25 to 29 January, the second Test from 2 to 6 February, the third Test from 15 to 19 February, the fourth Test from 23 to 27 February and the fifth Test from 7 to 11 March.

India’s challenge against England’s WTC. There will be a collectorate clash in the 5 match series. The last Test series between India and England took place in England during August 2021. The 5 test series was tied 2-2. The last series of both in India was in February 2021, this 4 Test series was won by India 3-1.

At the same time, after India, England played 2 Test series against West Indies and 3 Test series against England.

Against Australia’s important series
Indian team tour of Australia in November. This series will be important for the winning team, because it will be at the home of Australia in which there can also be 5 Tests. Army (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) is the only team in Australia that has not won a Test series against India in the last 10 years. The team’s last win was in 2014 on its own home ground. Since then India defeated Australia with interest in the 4th series 2-1. Of these, 2 were in India and 2 were in Australia. In such a situation, the 5 Test series for India as well as Australia can be challenging for WTC.

India played the finals of both the seasons
The Indian team played the finals of both the WTC seasons (2019-2021) and (2021-23). In the first season i.e. 2019-21 season, India was on the top of the table. Whereas, India was at second place in the 2021-23 season. First India’s final match was held in New Zealand and then in the second season in Australia. India lost in both the matches.

Usually the Indian team plays 17-18 matches in every cycle.
In one cycle of WTC, the Indian team plays 17 to 18 Kolkata matches. In the first season, India played 17 matches which included 12 wins, 4 losses and one draw. At the same time, in the second season, out of 18 matches, the team won 10 and lost 5, while 3 were drawn.

2 test match series between South Africa and New Zealand
After India’s series against South Africa, it will now play a 2-Test series against New Zealand from February 4. At the same time, New Zealand will play 2 Tests against South Africa and Australia in March.