India will not participate in the World Test Championship (world trade center) reached the final for the third consecutive time after failing in the fifth and final test Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. Australia desperately needed a win to keep their slim hopes alive, but Australia crushed those chances with a 6-wicket victory in Sydney. Instead, Pat Cummins’ side reached their second successive final.
Defending champions Australia will face South Africa in the WTC finals at Lord’s Stadium from June 11 to 15, 2025. This will be the first time the World Trade Center final is held at Lord’s Stadium. The first final (2021) was held in Southampton, and the second final (2023) was held at the Oval, won by New Zealand and Australia respectively.
When the fifth Test resumed, Australia ranked second with 61.46 percentage points and India ranked third with 52.78 percentage points. The win moved Australia into second place with a rating of 63.73. Meanwhile, India also maintained the third position but lost points to 50.00.
Latest World Test Championship points table
| No. | team | medium size | watt | L | time | D | does not exist / does not exist | PT | PCT |
| 1 | South Africa | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 66.67 |
| 2 | Australia | No. 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 63.73 |
| 3 | India | No. 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 50.00 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 48.21 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 45.45 |
| 6 | England | twenty two | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 43.18 |
| 7 | Bengal | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 31.25 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 30.30 |
| 9 | west indies | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 24.24 |
The Indian cricket team has been in a massive free fall since mid-October. India are firmly in control of their destiny as they prepare to take on New Zealand. After a whitewash, they qualified for the World Trade Center finals before they even set foot in Australia. However, India lost 0-3 with Ajaz Patel (15 wickets) and Mitchell Santner (13 wickets) playing decisive roles for the visitors.
On this tour of Australia, the Indian team started confidently and won the first Test match in Perth by 295 runs. But in the next four Test matches, they struggled to achieve good results and eventually lost the series 3-1.
Australia won the Pink Ball Test by 10 wickets, the fourth MCG Test by 184 runs and finally the SCG Test by 6 wickets, the Gabba Test was drawn due to incessant rain.
