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WTC 2025-27 Schedule: India has made a good start by winning the Test match against West Indies under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. However, now the team has to play against South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia.
WTC 2025-27 Schedule : India has started the World Test Championship in a very spectacular manner. In this series, under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, Team India has registered its first win against West Indies by 2-0. After two consecutive defeats, the team would like to win the trophy this time at any cost. The team is going to clash with many other teams in the coming time. These include the names of South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia.
India is at third place in the points table
According to the latest points table after the win against West Indies, India is at third position with 61.90 win percentage. At the same time, Australia is ahead at 100 percent and Sri Lanka at 66.67 percent. But the thing to note is that India has played two series so far in this cycle, while many teams are starting their campaigns. Pakistan and South Africa are currently playing their first series, while New Zealand has not played any Test yet.
India’s schedule in WTC 2025-27
South Africa- India 2 November 2025
Sri Lanka- Sri Lanka 2 August 2026
New Zealand- New Zealand 2 October 2026
Australia- India 5 February–March 2027
Also read: India won the first Test series under Gill’s captaincy, defeated West Indies by 7 wickets.
South Africa and Australia will clash at home
Team India will have its two series on its soil which are going to be against South Africa and Australia. The two-Test series against South Africa in November 2025 will prove to be important for the Indian players, because it can help them gain an edge in the race for the WTC final. After this, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be hosted by India in February-March 2027, which is considered to be the most high-voltage series of this cycle.
will have to go through difficulties
Not only this, Team India may have to go through difficult series abroad. This is because after about 9 years, the Indian team will tour Sri Lanka in the year 2026. After this, the team will play two matches against New Zealand in October 2026. This is the same ground where India has not been able to win any test match since 2009.
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