Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that Bangladesh aren’t even contenders to reach the 2027 World Test Championship (WTC) final. While saying that Bangladesh might trouble teams at home, he added that they would be thrashed in their away tours to Australia and South Africa as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “I won’t even talk about Bangladesh because you don’t reach at all. You don’t even come in the list. People start looking at getting points when they play against Bangladesh, especially when Bangladesh are touring. Bangladesh trouble people at home for sure.”

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“Their away series are against Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. They will host England, the West Indies and Pakistan. They can trouble England, Pakistan and the West Indies. They might compete against Sri Lanka (they have lost the series 1-0). They will get hammered in Australia and South Africa. They might not come close to qualification again,” he again shared.

However, Aakash Chopra said that Sri Lanka have a favourable draw in the 2025-27 WTC cycle.

“Sri Lanka flatter to deceive. Their home series are against India, South Africa and Bangladesh. Their schedule is excellent because their away tours are to New Zealand, the West Indies and Pakistan. You should do well in the West Indies and Pakistan. Even if they get stuck in the two away matches in New Zealand, they have India, South Africa and Bangladesh at home. It is not a bad draw at all. Sri Lanka actually have decent chances. I feel Sri Lanka’s chances of qualifying are better than South Africa’s,” Aakash Chopra concluded.