Group India have to win all of their remaining 3 matches to guarantee themselves of a berth in a 3rd successive World Take a look at Championship (WTC) last.
Group India’s large 10-wicket loss to Australia within the ‘Pink Ball’ Take a look at, the second recreation of their five-match collection towards Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) has put a giant dent on their hopes of qualifying for his or her third successive World Take a look at Championship (WTC) last. The WTC last for the 2023-25 cycle will happen at Lord’s subsequent 12 months.
On account of their loss, Rohit Sharma’s facet have slipped two locations to 3rd spot whereas Australia have climbed to the No. 1 spot. The loss comes on the again of their 3-0 whitewash by the hands of New Zealand final month, which gave an enormous jolt to India’s probabilities.
Let’s check out ICC WTC Ultimate qualification situations for all 10 groups after Australia’s 10-wicket win on the Adelaide Oval on Sunday…
1. Australia – 60.71 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: India (house, 3 Assessments), Sri Lanka (away, 2 Assessments)
Absolute best end: 67.65 per cent
Defending WTC champions Australia and India have been preventing for the highest spot on the WTC 2025 factors desk for some time now. Australia, who had regained the highest spot after India’s collection loss to New Zealand, slipped once they misplaced the primary Take a look at to India at Perth by 295 runs with India reaching the highest once more.
South Africa’s win within the first Take a look at towards Sri Lanka pushed them all the way down to quantity three. Nonetheless, a dominating win within the Pink-ball Take a look at in Adelaide have propelled them to the highest as soon as once more.
Pat Cummins-led facet can even tour Sri Lanka subsequent 12 months for a further two Assessments, that means they might theoretically draw 2-2 with India and keep in rivalry for a spot within the last.
2. South Africa – 59.26 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: Sri Lanka (house, 1 Take a look at), Pakistan (house, 2 Assessments)
Absolute best end: 69.44 per cent
The two-0 whitewash of Bangladesh away from house was an enormous increase for the Proteas. They’ve continued the ultimate kind with a giant win over Sri Lanka within the first Take a look at. This has helped them overtake Australia, New Zealand, and Sri Lanka to safe the second spot within the WTC Standings.
The subsequent three video games are extraordinarily vital for SA, for in the event that they proceed this profitable run, they are going to be safely positioned to make the WTC last no matter how the opposite sides fare.
3. India – 57.29 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: Australia (away, 3 Assessments)
Absolute best end: 64.04 per cent
After a stunning 3-0 collection whitewash at house in October towards New Zealand which pushed them down a spot within the WTC desk, India bounced again within the race for Lord’s title conflict with an enormous win in Australia in Perth.
An all-round show from the batters and the bowlers in Perth has rekindled India’s hopes for a 3rd straight look within the WTC Ultimate. Nonetheless, their hopes have been dashed once they suffered a 10-wicket loss by the hands of Australia within the second Take a look at, which pressured them to slide to No.3 within the standings.
It could not be simple however just isn’t not possible as India have to win all of their three matches to make sure qualification.
India’s WTC last 2025 qualification situations defined
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4. Sri Lanka – 50 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: South Africa (away, 1 Take a look at), Australia (house, 2 Assessments)
Absolute best end: 61.54 per cent
A shocking win over England within the third Take a look at in England adopted by a 2-0 whitewash of New Zealand at house has been the spotlight of Sri Lanka’s latest returns, and SL headed to South Africa confidently.
However a giant loss in Durban implies that the Asian facet must recalibrate their strategy and bounce again within the second Take a look at of the collection. If Sri Lanka managed a shock upset within the second Take a look at at Port Elizabeth, it may nonetheless result in a grandstand end on house soil with the highest two spots probably nonetheless to be determined within the last collection of the cycle.
5. England – 45.24 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: New Zealand (away, 1 Take a look at)
Absolute best end: 47.73 per cent
Whereas a rampant house season had sparked some hopes for England, successive defeats in Pakistan has seen them drop out of rivalry for a spot at subsequent 12 months’s last.
6. New Zealand – 44.23 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: England (house, 1 Take a look at)
Absolute best end: 48.21 per cent
A historic collection sweep in India had bolstered the Black Caps hopes of claiming a second WTC title however their probabilities took a extreme hit following back-to-back large losses to Ben Stokes-led England within the first Take a look at in Christchurch and second Take a look at in Wellington.
New Zealand’s hopes have been additional dented after they have been penalised three factors for a sluggish over-rate within the first Take a look at. In consequence, they dropped to fifth within the standings, having beforehand shared fourth place with Sri Lanka.
Even when they win the remaining Take a look at, New Zealand can not breach the all-important 60 per cent level share mark on the WTC desk.
7. Pakistan – 33.33 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: South Africa (away, 2 Assessments), West Indies (house, 2 Assessments)
Absolute best end: 52.38 per cent
Pakistan have received back-to-back Assessments below new coach Jason Gillespie, however stay out of rivalry of reaching the ultimate with a complete of six groups forward of them on the standings. Whereas Pakistan may nonetheless win their remaining 4 Assessments and end with a share as excessive as 52.38 %, that is unlikely to be sufficient to complete within the high two locations on the standings.
They subsequent play South Africa on the finish of December after which will welcome West Indies house for 2 Assessments in January subsequent 12 months.
8. Bangladesh – 31.25 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: Nil
Absolute best end: 31.25 per cent
The Asian facet completed their marketing campaign on a excessive with a formidable 101-run victory over the West Indies that helped them off the underside of the WTC standings. Whereas it has been a comparatively disappointing cycle for Bangladesh, they are going to be buoyed by the very fact they received three Take a look at matches away from house that included a collection sweep over Pakistan earlier this 12 months.
9. West Indies – 24.24 per cent of doable factors
Remaining matches: Pakistan (away, 2 matches)
Absolute best end: 35.90 per cent
The spotlight thus far of the West Indies season was their win over Australia in Brisbane in early 2024, whereas their latest conquer Bangladesh at house within the first Take a look at confirmed what they’re able to when producing their greatest cricket.
A batting collapse within the first innings of the second Take a look at towards Bangladesh proved an excessive amount of for the West Indies to overturn as they fell to a 101-run loss in Jamaica to drop to ninth place on the standings, however they at the least get the possibility to complete on a excessive with a two-match collection in Pakistan early in 2025.
