India 's 2-0 series defeat against South Africa has seriously dented their chances of making the World Test Championship final. Halfway into their 2025-27 cycle - India have played nine out of 18 Tests - they are languishing in fifth place on the table, at 48.15%.

It's still early days for many of the other teams - New Zealand haven't played a single series yet, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have played one, and England have just started their second - but with Australia (100%) and South Africa (75%) having begun so strongly, India will have to do much more in the second half of their campaign to stand a chance of finishing in the top two.

Going by the numbers from the last two WTC cycles, teams will need to be in the 60-65% range to stand a chance of making the cut. In the 2021-23 cy

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