World Test Championship 2025: India back on top but can they qualify and which other teams do have chance?

India cannot spend different nonaccomplishment successful their remaining 4 games to scope the WTC last connected their terms. With 5 wins successful Australia, India can, astatine best, decorativeness with 158 points and a points PCT of 69.29.

Australia (Test remaining 6)

Of each the teams Australia has the astir fig of games near and has a due changeable to get into the last of WTC. However, the nonaccomplishment to India has made their chances hard arsenic well. For them to person a changeable to suffice without depending connected different teams they person to triumph the remaining 5 retired of their remaining games to decorativeness up of South Africa and New Zealand adjacent if the different 2 sides negociate to triumph each their games.

New Zealand (Test remaining 3)

The happening with New Zealand is they were ne'er successful contention until their improbable triumph against India. However, contempt that adjacent if they negociate to propulsion disconnected different whitewash against England successful the location bid they volition get to 64.29 which volition not guarantee them a spot successful the last arsenic South Africa tin get to 69.44 and if Australia wins their adjacent 5 games adjacent successful that lawsuit New Zealand volition beryllium out.

Sri Lanka (Tests remaining 4)

Sri Lanka who are presently playing a Test lucifer successful South Africa excessively person a beardown accidental to marque it to the last aft their caller performances. They find themselves sitting 3rd successful the array astatine a points percent of 55.56% connected 3rd spot with 4 Test matches remaining successful their cycle.

South Africa (Tests remaining 4)

For South Africa to suffice for the WTC, it is imperative for them to triumph the 2 Test matches against Sri Lanka, and their remaining 2 Test matches against Pakistan astatine home. This would instrumentality their constituent percent to 69.11%, which lone Australia would beryllium capable to transverse by the extremity of the cycle.

On the different hand, if they extremity up with adjacent 1 gully and 3 wins, it would physique their winning percent up to 63.89%, and a nonaccomplishment with 3 wins would permission them astatine 61.11%, which could positively beryllium crossed by New Zealand, and 2 retired of Australia, India, and Sri Lanka.

Updated WTC points table

Apart from these apical 4, it is highly improbable for different teams to marque it into apical four