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What Team India needs to do in BGT to qualify for WTC Final 2025?

What Team India needs to do in BGT to qualify for WTC Final 2025?

Following India's 0-3 defeat to New Zealand, they have slipped down from first to second position on the WTC Points Table.

Hat-tricks are tough, and the India cricket team is about to find out why. Currently, they are looking to do a three-peat. That is trying to win a third Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) in Australia and making the World Test Championship (WTC) Final in the third consecutive cycle.

The issue is that Team India can’t reach the WTC 2025 Final without doing well in the BGT 2024-25. That’s because they got whitewashed at home for the first time in their history earlier in the month at the hands of New Zealand. This has seen Rohit Sharma’s team slip one spot, from one to two on the WTC points table.

India’s WTC Final Qualification scenarios based on BGT 2024-25 result

Statistically, there are nine ways through which Team India can qualify for the WTC Final; all of these scenarios hinge upon how well they do in BGT 2024-25. It’s rather complicated, but let’s take you through it.

If Result isQualification scenario
4-0/5-0India qualifies irrespective of others’ results
3-0/3-1/4-1England must draw one Test match against New Zealand
2-0England must win one Test against New Zealand
3-2England must win one Test against New Zealand, and Sri Lanka must draw one Test against Australia
1-0/1-1/2-1New Zealand should win just one Test against England, and Sri Lanka must draw one Test against Australia
2-2New Zealand should win just one Test against England, and Sri Lanka must beat Australia
2-3New Zealand should win just one Test against England, Sri Lanka and South Africa can’t win more than 2 of their 4 Tests
0-0/0-1/1-2/1-3England must beat New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka must win 2-0 over South Africa and Australia, and South Africa vs Sri Lanka should end 1-1
0-2/0-3/1-4England must win 2-0/3-0 over New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka must win 2-0 over South Africa and Australia, and South Africa vs Sri Lanka should end 1-1
0-4/0-5India is disqualified

One thing is sure: by January 7, we’ll know where Team India stands. 

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