WTC 2025-27: India Open Account with Record Edgbaston Win; Australia Top Early Standing | Cricket news
New Delhi: Team India on Sunday opened their account in the 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a 336-run win over England in Edgbaston. The loud win under the leadership of Captain Shubman Gill earned India 12 WTC points and 50.00 percent marks (PCT), making him a joint-third with England in the current standing.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!This was the first win in the five -match Test series after England’s loss of five wickets in the opener in Headingly. On series level 1–1, this win also marked India’s biggest distant test winning and his first Test Test in Edgbaston in terms of runs.
The current WTC cycle is still in its early stage, most teams have played only two matches. Australia sat comfortably at the top of the standing with a full 100.00 PCT, sealed a three-match series against the West Indies 2–0, in which a game is still to be played.Sri Lanka ranks second with 66.67 PCT, courtesy of a win and a draw in her two -match domestic series against Bangladesh. Bangladesh, after losing the series 0–1, find themselves in fifth place with 16.67 PCT.The West Indies are ranked sixth with two losses against Australia, while New Zealand, Pakistan and South Africa are yet to launch their campaign in the new cycle.The third test between India and England begins at Lord’s on 10 July, resulting in the possibility of affecting the initial race in the WTC table. Jasprit was set to return to Bumrah, and Shubman Gill, both batsman and skipper, leads India, India would be targeted to make ahead in their pursuit of the third WTC final appearance.
