The Indian cricket team started their ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025 campaign with a resounding victory over West Indies in the first Test match on Friday, 14 July. Yashasvi Jaiswal shone with the bat on his international debut and veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 12. Roseau’s wicket at Windsor Park to give India a massive victory by an innings and 141 runs.
With a win, India moved past defending Test champions Australia in the updated WTC points table for the 2023-25 cycle. India have earned 12 points from one game and are at the top of the updated table with a win percentage of 100.
Australia were on top with 22 points before India’s first Test but have a winning percentage of 61.11 after three Tests in the current Ashes 2023. They took a 2–0 lead, but lost the last match at Headingley as England began their fight for survival. In Ashes,
But the ICC deducted two points from both Australia and England for slow over-rate in the first game. England started their campaign with minus two points but with a win in their last game, they are now in third place with 10 points.
India suffered a loss to New Zealand in the WTC final 2021 and then suffered an embarrassing 209-run defeat to Australia in the latest final last month. But Rohit SharmaThe led team started their campaign with a resounding win and would like to maintain their lead at the top of the points table.
Updated WTC Marks Table 2023-2025:
Meanwhile, India are likely to dominate the points table for the rest of 2023 as they next play Test cricket in South Africa in December. India will host England in a five-match Test series in January-February 2024.