WTC: India To Begin 2023-25 Cycle With West Indies Tour, Will Additionally Play Australia, England | Cricket Information

India will start the 2023-2025 ICC World Take a look at 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 collection towards Australia and England amongst others. India will journey to West Indies subsequent month to play two Take a look at 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 project might be on away shores towards South Africa between December 2023 and January 2024.

Adopted by that, India will host England for a five-match Take a look at collection in January-February 2024. They may then lock horns with Bangladesh in September-October 2024 At dwelling and instantly after that New Zealand will go to the sub-continent for a three-match Take a look at collection in October-November 2024.

After these two comparatively straightforward dwelling schedules, India will journey to Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, a five-match collection between November 2024 and January 2025, which additionally marks the top of India’s WTC engagements.

Wasim Khan, ICC’s Common Supervisor 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 large 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 recognition of Take a look at cricket.” The structure of the nine-team WTC remains intact with each side playing three home and as many away series over a two-year period culminating in the final of a one-off Test.

The points percentage system used in the previous edition will determine the leaderboard with teams getting 12 points for a win, 6 for a tie and 4 for a draw.

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