look news india
Team India has not lost any test series against Australia for 10 years. The team has defeated the Kangaroos twice at home and twice away from home. Each time the margin of victory was 2-1 in favor of India. Cricket Australia announced the schedule for the 2024–25 season. The first test will be played in Perth on 22 November. After this, the day-night test will be played in Adelaide from 6th December. After this, the third Test will be played in Gabba, Brisbane from 14 December and the fourth in Melbourne from 26 December. The last Test will be played in Sydney from 3 January 2025. Apart from India, Pakistan team will go to Australia for a series of 3 ODI and 3 T20 matches.
one season of wtc
Each team has to play 6 series over a period of 2 years, three at home and three away. Team India will play its last overseas series against Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle. India toured South Africa and West Indies abroad. The 2 test match series in South Africa was drawn 1-1. India has won the 2 test match series against West Indies 1-0. India now has to play a 3-Test series against New Zealand and a 2-Test series against Bangladesh at home. After winning the last 17 series on home ground, Team India is a strong contender to win this series too. Team India won the first home series of this WTC against England 4-1.
India won 6 out of 9 WTC matches
Team India has so far won 2 out of 3 series in the World Test Championship cycle. The team has played a total of 9 matches so far, out of which it has won 6 and lost only 2. One match against West Indies was also a draw. In the WTC point table, Team India has 68.51% points in 3 series, the team is at number one.
Australia is the defending champion
Team India has reached both the WTC finals so far but lost both times. In 2021, New Zealand won the final by 8 wickets. Whereas in 2023, Australia won the final by 209 runs. Now the WTC final can be held between Australia and India once again in June 2025. Because both the teams are in top-2 position in the points table.
What is WTC?
The World Test Championship (WTC) is an International Cricket Council (ICC) tournament. It started in the year 2019. 9 test playing teams participate in the championship. After all the teams have finished their scheduled series, the top-2 teams in the points table advance to the finals.