Indian cricket group throughout a Test match in opposition to Australia in Nagpur. File
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India will start the 2023-2025 ICC World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with the upcoming tour to the West Indies in July and over the subsequent two-year interval will play some high-profile bilateral sequence in opposition to Australia and England amongst others.
India will journey to West Indies subsequent month to play two Test matches in Dominica (July 12-16) and Trinidad (July 20-24). India have been finalists within the first two editions of the WTC, shedding to New Zealand (2021) and to Australia (2023) within the last.
The WTC 2023-25 cycle will start with the Ashes, when England face Australia in Birmingham on Friday.
After the tour to Windies, India’s subsequent WTC task will be on away shores in opposition to South Africa between December 2023 and January 2024.
After that, India will host England for a five-match Test sequence in January-February 2024. They will then lock horns with Bangladesh in September-October 2024 at house and instantly after that New Zealand will go to the sub-continent for a three-match Test sequence in October-November 2024.
After these two comparatively simple house schedules, India will journey to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, a five-match sequence, in opposition to Australia between November 2024 and January 2025, which also marks the tip of India’s WTC engagements.
Wasim Khan, ICC’s General Manager of Cricket mentioned: “This championship has invigorated Test match cricket, bringing context for players and fans, and a high level of competitiveness as teams battle it out to be crowned World Test Champions at the end of the two-year cycle.
“The massive turnout out at The Oval over the 5 days and the unimaginable viewership ranges throughout the globe for the ultimate is testimony to the continued reputation of Test cricket.”
The construction of the nine-team WTC stays intact with both sides taking part in three house and as many away sequence over a two-year interval culminating within the last of a one-off Test.
The factors share system used within the earlier version will decide the leaderboard with groups getting 12 factors for a win, 6 for a tie and 4 for a draw.
