World Test Championship 2025-27 Points Table: India lost to South Africa by an enormous margin of 408 runs in the second Test. On the final day, the Indian team, who were trying to reach a target of 549 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, were dismissed for a mere 140 in 63.5 overs. South African spinner Simon Harmer was the main destroyer of the Indian batting lineup as he took six wickets while Keshav Maharaj also picking up two wickets for 37 runs.
The back-to-back defeats to the Proteas have also affected India’s position in the World Test Championship (WTC) for the 2025–27 cycle. India, with the latest defeat, they have dropped from the fourth to the fifth position on the points table and now has a PCT of 48.15%.
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South Africa, meanwhile, have strengthened their hold on the No. 2 spot in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025–27 standings, improving their percentage to 75.00.
Australia remain firmly at the top of the table with a perfect 100 PCT%. The reigning 2023 WTC champions have maintained an unbeaten run, winning all four of their matches in the current cycle.
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WINS | DEFEATS | DRAW | POINTS | PENALTY | PCT% |
| 1. | Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 2. | South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 75.00 |
| 3. | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 66.67 |
| 4. | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 5. | India | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 48.15 |
| 6. | England | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 36.11 |
| 7. | Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16.67 |
| 8. | West Indies | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This was the second time in a space of mere 13 months that India ended up whitewashed at home, severely denting their chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship.
Under head coach Gautam Gambhir, India have now lost five Tests against New Zealand and South Africa at home. It is also the first time in 66 years that the team has lost 5 Tests in a space of seven months.
A chase of 549 was never possible but what one expected was a semblance of fight which wasn't there on a day five Indian track presenting itself in all its might on which the ball bounced like a hissing snake and turned as if on a hairpin Himalayan bend. (With PTI inputs)
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