WTC final will be played at Lord's from June 11: England will host for the third time

The final match of the current season of the World Test Championship will be played at Lord's Stadium from June 11 to 15 next year. The ICC announced the date and venue of the title match on Tuesday. June 16 has been kept as a reserve day.

Lord's Stadium in London is going to host the WTC final for the first time. The final will be between the top-2 teams of the points table. Currently, the Indian team is at the top of the table with 68.52 percent points. While Australia (62.50%) is in second place.

WTC points table

Rank	Team	Matches Played	Wins	Losses	Draws	No Results	Points	Points Percentage (%)
1	India	9	6	2	1	2	74	68.52%
2	Australia	12	8	3	1	10	90	62.50%
3	New Zealand	6	3	3	0	0	36	50.00%
4	Bangladesh	6	3	3	0	3	33	45.83%
5	England	15	8	6	1	19	81	45.00%
6	South Africa	6	2	3	1	0	28	38.89%
7	Sri Lanka	6	2	4	0	0	24	33.33%
8	Pakistan	7	2	5	0	8	16	19.05%
9	West Indies	9	1	6	2	0	20	18.52%

India is currently at the first position in the World Test Championship points table. India has 68.52% point percentage, while Australia is at number two with 62.50% points percentage. Bangladesh has registered its third win in this WTC cycle by winning the Test series against Pakistan. The team now has 33 points from 3 wins and 3 losses in 6 Tests. The team has now overtaken West Indies, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is 7th with 33.33% points, Pakistan is 8th with 22.22% points and West Indies is 9th with 18.52% points.

England will host WTC final for the third time

England is going to host the final of the World Test Championship for the third time. The first final of the championship was played at the Rose Bowl ground in Southampton, while the second final was hosted by The Oval ground in London.

India played both the finals, Australia defeated after New Zealand

The Indian team has reached both the finals of the Test Championship, although the team had to face defeat both times. In the final match played in 2021, Team India captained by Virat Kohli was defeated by New Zealand by 8 wickets. Whereas in 2023, Australia defeated the Indian team captained by Rohit Sharma by 209 runs.

Bangladesh won the first Test series against Pakistan Bangladesh has won the Test series against Pakistan for the first time in the history of cricket. The team defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets on the last day of the match on Tuesday in the second match played in Rawalpindi. Litton Das scored a century in the first innings for Bangladesh.

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