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The Indian cricket squad dropped to sixth successful the latest World Test Championship (WTC) rankings aft Bangladesh improved a rung to 5th with a crushing 2-0 bid expanse against Pakistan astatine home.
Bangladesh had earlier won the archetypal Test by a monolithic 104 runs successful Mirpur and with different large triumph connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026), the squad leapfrogged India arsenic per the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) update. Bangladesh present person 58.33% points with 2 wins, 1 nonaccomplishment and a gully successful 4 Tests portion India person 48.15% points from 9 Tests, 4 wins and arsenic galore defeats on with a drawn Test.
India, who featured successful the finals of the archetypal 2 editions of the WTC, are present ranked lone supra Pakistan successful the rankings among Asian countries. The Shubman Gill-led broadside has not played a Test lucifer truthful acold this year. A one-off Test against Afghanistan is lined up from June 6 but it is not a portion of the WTC cycle.
The Indians are owed to circuit Sri Lanka and New Zealand for 2 Tests each aboriginal this twelvemonth earlier facing Australia astatine location successful 2027. India had mislaid to South Africa 0-2 successful a location Test bid portion 2 different defeats had travel successful England, wherever the Shubman Gill-led broadside had drawn the five-match bid 2-2.
The teams are ranked not connected the ground of points but percent points successful the WTC points table. Bangladesh person 28 points portion India person 52 successful the 2025-2027 cycle. Pakistan, who were bowled retired for 358 chasing 437 successful the 2nd Test, stay connected the eighth spot with lone 1 triumph and 3 defeats successful 4 Tests successful the existent rhythm truthful far.
Australia, who person 7 wins and 1 decision successful 8 Tests truthful acold successful the existent cycle, proceed to pb the WTC points array with 87.50 percent points followed by New Zealand connected second, who person 77.78 points aft 2 wins and a gully successful 3 Tests. South Africa are placed 3rd followed by Sri Lanka.
