WTC 2025-27 updated points table: Full standings, team rankings & race for the final

The World Test Championship (WTC) 2025/27 final is getting closer as teams are trying their best to get the wins under their belt and qualify for the final. South Africa stand as the defending champions of the current cycle as the Temba Bavuma-led side beat Australia during the final of the last cycle at Lord’s in London. 

Bangladesh recorded a famous Test win in their first appearance in Australia in 23 years, getting the better of the Pat Cummins-led side by nine wickets at the Marrara Cricket Ground in Darwin and now aim to seal the series by a 2-0 margin. However, the home side came back hard with an innings and 51 runs win in Mackay to draw the series where they bundle out the vistors under 100 in both innings. 

Where every team stands after the latest round of Test results

Bangladesh became the joint-second-quickest side to record their first Test win in Australia after England, who recorded their first-ever victory in their second appearance in the country in 1877. The Proteas also won their third red-ball clash down under in 1910.

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With the win of the Najmul Hossain Shanto-led side, they have made progress to the fourth position in the points table with a PCT of 55.56. Meanwhile, Australia’s PCT has reached to 80.00 as they inch closer to the Rainbow Nation.  

England started their new era under Joe Root with the win over Pakistan at Leeds. The oppoistion is now officially out the WTC race for as many editions of the event. 

Updated WTC 2025/27 points table standings-

Can India, New Zealand or Sri Lanka break into the top two?

Australia's next Test match will be the three-match series against the Proteas, starting on October 9 at the Kingsmead in Durban, followed by the two more games in Gqeberha and Cape Town, before returning home and hosting the Kiwis for a four-match Test series in their home summer. 

India, meanwhile, after their series against Sri Lanka, will face the Blackcaps and arrange the five-match series by the beginning of 2027. They hope to get as many victories in those games and keep themselves alive in the qualification scenario. They are currently at the fifth position with the PCT of 51.52, after the drawn second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. 

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Only the West Indies are mathematically eliminated from the WTC final race along with England, while Pakistan, after their two successive defeats against England in the 2026 series, have experienced the same fate in the table and are out of the race for the WTC final qualification.