Shubman Gill’s Team India are currently in 5th place on the World Test Championships 2025-27 Points Table.
Published: August 25, 2026, 5:09 PM IST
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Former India captain and head coach Rahul Dravid broke down India’s chances to qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 final as the Shubman Gill-led team looks to make a push for the top two spotsIndia are on a mission to book a place in next year’s June final at The Oval and are in a mid-table battle with several stakeholders looking to stake their claim.
Dravid, who oversaw India’s run to the final in 2023, ‘hoped’ that the team could make it to the finalHe was aware of the mid-table muddle India find themselves in and sounded realistic when he opined that it would be ‘great’ if they could make it to the top two with tough assignments coming up against New Zealand and Australia.
“I’m hoping they doIt’ll be a great run if India can qualify for the WTC final from hereThey’ve fallen behind a little bit, but the kind of quality that the Indian team has, you’re not going to write them off at any stage,” Dravid told JioStar.
WTC POINTS TABLE AFTER AUSTRALIA vs BANGLADESH TEST SERIES.
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India have started their mission well in Sri LankaComing to the island nation, India, who are ranked fifth currently, needed to win eight of their last nine Tests to stay in contention for the finalThey have ticked the first win in Galle and are gunning for their second in ColomboHowever, tough away Tests against New Zealand and home against Australia await the two-time finalists.
“They started well against Sri Lanka, so that’s a good first stepHopefully, they can keep the guys fit and not have a lot of injuries over the next few monthsAustralia will be really excitingA lot of their players will be very keen to do well in IndiaThat’s a generation of truly great Australian players, a great Australian team that has not won in IndiaSo they’ll be keen to do thatNew Zealand away, always a challengeTough team, New Zealand, to play away from home,” he added.
India will head to New Zealand without many of their experienced players who were on the trip the last time they visited the nation in early 2020, with only a handful of the current squad members having played there in the red-ball format before.
“A lot of the young Indian boys have not played in those conditions, so that’s going to be a big challengeWe’re missing the experience of Virat and Rohit, Ajinkya Rahane and Pujara, these kinds of guys who’ve probably been there the last time India wentSo that will be an interesting series as well,” he added.
India stand fifth in the WTC standings with a PCT of 53.33They stand behind Bangladesh, who tally a PCT of 55.56 after their 1-1 draw in AustraliaIndia will take the fourth spot if they beat Sri Lanka in Colombo and then can push for the top three, which is currently occupied by Australia (80 PCT), South Africa (75 PCT) and New Zealand (72.22 PCT).
– With IANS inputs
