After suffering an unexpected loss against England in the resscheduled Test, Team India is currently at 4th position on the ICC World Test Championship standings with a win percentage of 52.08. The series between India and England ended in a draw as the home team successfully chased the target of 378 runs following the unbeaten match–winning partnership of Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root in the 4th innings.

However, there are singnificant chances of Team India is still a ray of hope for the Indian fans as their team can still qualify for the finals of the WTC. The final game of the WTC cycle 2021 to 2023 is scheduled to be played in June 2023. The main criteria for the Indian team to fulfill and reach the final is to win all of their remaining 6 Tests which consist of 2 against Bangladesh and 4 Tests against the Australian side.

After winning all the six games, the win percentage of Team India will be reaching to  68.05. For the Indian team to qualify, two teams out of Australia, South Africa and Pakistan need to finish with less than 68.05%.

Assuming they finish at 68%, Australia will need to lose four games and draw one game of their remaining 10 games, whereas, the South African team needs to suffer defeat in three games or can even settle for a draw in 5 matches. They have eight Tests left to play.

Apart from this, the Pakistani side should win a maximum of five matches from their remaining quota of seven Tests. Even though it seems like a lot of variables are in play, it would be extremely exciting to see how the World Test Championship’s leaderboard moves forward in the upcoming matches.

It would be a dream come true moment for the Indian fans if the Indian tea manages to reach the finals as they had previously lost the 2021 WTC Final against the Kiwis.