{"id":590,"date":"2025-08-09T13:24:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2025\/08\/09\/updated-wtc-points-table-how-the-standings-look-as-new-zealand-crush-zimbabwe-where-does-india-stand-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:24:46","slug":"updated-wtc-points-table-how-the-standings-look-as-new-zealand-crush-zimbabwe-where-does-india-stand-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2025\/08\/09\/updated-wtc-points-table-how-the-standings-look-as-new-zealand-crush-zimbabwe-where-does-india-stand-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated WTC Points Table: How the standings look as New Zealand crush Zimbabwe \u2013 Where does India stand? | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix\">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-123205849,imgsize-1323936,width-400,resizemode-4\/123205849.jpg\" alt=\"Updated WTC Points Table: How the standings look as New Zealand crush Zimbabwe \u2013 Where does India stand?\" title=\"Ben Stokes, Shubman Gill and Mitchell Santner\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ben Stokes, Shubman Gill and Mitchell Santner\">Ben Stokes, Shubman Gill and Mitchell Santner<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s demolition of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo by an innings and 359 runs might have made headlines for its sheer dominance, but it has no bearing on the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 table \u2014 and therefore no direct impact on India\u2019s current standing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/> That is because Zimbabwe, despite being a full member nation of the ICC, are not part of the WTC cycle. When the tournament was launched in 2019, only the top nine Test teams as of 31 March 2018 were included. Zimbabwe, along with Ireland and Afghanistan, missed out and have yet to be added to the competition.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>Inside The Oval: An Exclusive Tour of the Stadium Where India Played the Final Test<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>The nine competing nations remain Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/world-test-championship-points-table\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">ICC World Test Championship, 2025\/27<\/a><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Points Table\" msid=\"123205774\" width=\"\" title=\"World Test Championship (WTC) Points Table for the 2025\u201327 cycle\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-23456,msid-123205774,resizemode-4\/points-table.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>World Test Championship (WTC) Points Table for the 2025\u201327 cycle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/> At the moment, following the Anderson\u2013Tendulkar Trophy series, India are placed third on the WTC table with a points percentage of 46.67. England sit just behind in fourth with 43.33. Australia lead the way with a perfect 100 points from their opening matches, while Sri Lanka are second on 66.67.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"EEW3_ timeline_pollWrapper_as\" data-scrollga=\"scroll#poll_view\">\n<div>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Should Zimbabwe be included in the ICC World Test Championship in the future?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/> For India, New Zealand\u2019s result changes nothing right now. The Kiwis \u2014 winners of the inaugural 2019-21 cycle \u2014 have yet to start their WTC 2025-27 campaign, which begins in December with a three-Test home series against West Indies.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/> The match in Bulawayo, however, was historic. New Zealand declared at 601 for three before skittling Zimbabwe out twice, Zak Foulkes grabbing five wickets in the second innings to seal the third-biggest innings victory in Test history.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/> While it will not shift the WTC standings today, performances like this are a reminder that when the Kiwis do join the race, they could be one of India\u2019s biggest hurdles on the road to the 2027 final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      const ifAllowedOnAllPages = allowedSurvicateSections && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('all');\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed || ifAllowedOnAllPages){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n            var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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