WTC: India open account with record Edgbaston win; Australia top early standings

NEW DELHI: Team India opened their relationship successful the 2025-27 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) rhythm with a ascendant 336-run triumph implicit England astatine Edgbaston connected Sunday. The emphatic win, led by skipper Shubman Gill, earned India 12 WTC points and a 50.00 percent of points (PCT), placing them joint-third alongside England successful the existent standings.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!This was India’s archetypal triumph successful the ongoing five-match Test series, pursuing a five-wicket nonaccomplishment to England successful the opener astatine Headingley. With the bid level astatine 1-1, the triumph besides marked India’s biggest-ever distant Test triumph successful presumption of runs and their maiden Test triumph astatine Edgbaston.

The existent WTC rhythm is inactive successful its aboriginal stages, with astir teams having played lone 2 matches.

Australia beryllium comfortably astatine the apical of the standings with a cleanable 100.00 PCT, having sealed the three-match bid against West Indies 2-0, with 1 crippled inactive to beryllium played.

Sri Lanka travel successful 2nd spot with 66.67 PCT, courtesy of a triumph and a gully successful their two-match location bid against Bangladesh. Bangladesh, aft losing that bid 0-1, find themselves successful 5th spot with 16.67 PCT.West Indies are sixth with 0 points from 2 losses against Australia, portion New Zealand, Pakistan, and South Africa are yet to statesman their campaigns successful the caller cycle.

The 3rd Test betwixt India and England begins astatine Lord’s connected July 10, with the effect apt to interaction the aboriginal contention successful the WTC table. With Jasprit Bumrah acceptable to return, and Shubman Gill starring from the beforehand some arsenic batter and skipper, India volition purpose to physique further momentum successful their pursuit of a 3rd WTC last appearance.