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The 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship is an ongoing tournament of Test Cricket which is the third edition of the ICC World Test Championship.It started in June 2023 with The Ashes, which was contested between England and Australia, [1] and is scheduled to finish in June 2025 with the final match to be played between South Africa and Australia at Lord's.
The tournament consists of 27 series and 71 matches in the league stage. The top two teams in the points table compete at the final. Each team plays six series, three at home and three away, with each series containing two to five Test matches.
The WTC 2021–23 cycle began in August 2021 with Pataudi Trophy (5 matches series between India and England). [21] The International Cricket Council officially announced the full programme with a new points system. [22] Australia qualified for the final by winning the 3rd Test Match of the 2022–23 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. [23]
The five-match Pataudi Trophy between England and India, started 4 August 2021, started the second cycle of the World Test Championship. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] That series, along with the Ashes in December 2021, were the only two series comprising five Tests in the second WTC cycle.
The Indian cricket team toured Australia from November 2024 to January 2025 to play five Test matches and three first-class warm-up matches against the Australian cricket team. [1] The Test matches formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. [2] [3] In March 2024, the Cricket Australia (CA) announced the venues for the Test ...
India: India have been infallible in the tournament so far, having won all nine of their group matches to finish top of the standings, with 18 points and a net run-rate of +2.570.
A] As of January 31, 2025, India have played 589 Test matches; they have won 181 matches, lost 184 matches, and 223 matches were drawn with one being tied. [5] India played their first ODI match against England in 1974, [ 6 ] but registered their first win against East Africa in 1975. [ 7 ]
Further changes to the schedule were necessary as Pakistan was set to play Sri Lanka in Hyderabad on Oct. 12, leaving only a two-day gap to the rescheduled India game. That match was moved to Oct. 10.