Latest WTC Points Table 2025: Very few people would have thought that the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 would start with a one-sided defeat for Australia. Team India won the first test match played in Perth by a huge margin of 295 runs. This victory has again taken the Indian team to the top in the race for the World Test Championship 2025 final. On the other hand, the Australian team has slipped to second place.
Captain Jasprit Bumrah made a very important contribution in Team India’s victory in the first match of the five-Test series. Apart from taking five wickets (5 wickets) in the first innings, he also took 3 wickets in the second innings. In the second innings, when Travis Head was at the crease for Australia, it was Bumrah who dismissed Head. The century innings of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Virat Kohli proved that Indian batsmen are capable of doing well in any situation.
India on top again
India has now topped the table of the World Test Championship. After 9 wins in 15 matches, the Indian team’s points percentage is now 61.11. The points percentage of Australia, which is in second place, has now fallen to 57.69. After winning the first test, it is not that India’s path to the final has become easy. If Team India wants to go to the final without depending on anyone, then it will have to register 4 or more wins against Australia.
If the Indian team makes a clean sweep of Australia, then its points percentage can go up to a maximum of 69.29. Let us tell you that Sri Lanka, South Africa and New Zealand are also not behind in the race for the final. Sri Lanka is currently at third position with 55.56 points percentage, while New Zealand and South Africa, who are at fourth and fifth position, have points percentage of 54.55 and 54.17 respectively.
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