New Zealand’s demolition of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo by an innings and 359 runs might need made headlines for its sheer dominance, nevertheless it has no bearing on the ICC World Check Championship (WTC) 2025-27 desk — and due to this fact no direct affect on India’s present standing. That’s as a result of Zimbabwe, regardless of being a full member nation of the ICC, aren’t a part of the WTC cycle. When the match was launched in 2019, solely the highest 9 Check groups as of 31 March 2018 have been included. Zimbabwe, together with Eire and Afghanistan, missed out and have but to be added to the competitors.
The 9 competing nations stay Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.ICC World Check Championship, 2025/27
World Check Championship (WTC) Factors Desk for the 2025–27 cycle
In the mean time, following the Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy collection, India are positioned third on the WTC desk with a factors proportion of 46.67. England sit simply behind in fourth with 43.33. Australia cleared the path with an ideal 100 factors from their opening matches, whereas Sri Lanka are second on 66.67.
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Ought to Zimbabwe be included within the ICC World Check Championship sooner or later?
For India, New Zealand’s consequence modifications nothing proper now. The Kiwis — winners of the inaugural 2019-21 cycle — have but to begin their WTC 2025-27 marketing campaign, which begins in December with a three-Check dwelling collection in opposition to West Indies. The match in Bulawayo, nonetheless, was historic. New Zealand declared at 601 for 3 earlier than skittling Zimbabwe out twice, Zak Foulkes grabbing 5 wickets within the second innings to seal the third-biggest innings victory in Check historical past. Whereas it won’t shift the WTC standings as we speak, performances like this are a reminder that when the Kiwis do be part of the race, they may very well be one in every of India’s greatest hurdles on the highway to the 2027 ultimate.