The T20 World Cup held in America and West Indies has now concluded in which India defeated South Africa and won the T20 World Cup and after this, all the teams have started preparing for the Champion Trophy. This Champion Trophy will be played in Pakistan and the schedule of this Champion Trophy is almost decided. This Champion Trophy will be played in February-March.

After this Champion Trophy, the final of the ICC World Test Championship will be played which can be played in June. Both these championships will be played in 2025. The first Champion Trophy will be played at the start of the year. It will be played in February and its final will be in March. After this, the next ICC trophy will be the World Test Championship. For this, the top two teams will be selected which will be in the top two from 2023 to 2025. The final match will be played between them. This match will be played in June and it will be held in England.

Upcoming matches in the World Test Championship

Most of the matches of the World Test Championship have been completed. Now only a few matches are left which will be played among all the teams. The one who will be in the top two ranking will go to the final.

According to Macho, the remaining test matches will be played in the West Indies. Three matches will be played in England, its first match will start on July 10 and the last match will be on 26th the next test series will be played in South Africa and West Indies and there will be two matches in it, the first match will be played on August 7 and the second match will be played on August 25

The next test series will be played in England and Sri Lanka, its first match will be on August 21 and the last match will be played on September 6 the next test series will be played in India and Bangladesh, its first match will be on August 19 and the last match will be played on August 27 and the next test series will also be played in India and New Zealand in which a total of three test matches will be played, the first match of this series will be played on October 16 and the last match will be on November 1

The next series will be in India and Australia in which a total of five matches will be played two test matches will be in Pakistan and South Africa one series will be played in England and New Zealand and one series will be in South Africa and Sri Lanka After this series, whoever makes his place in the top two rankings will have a place in the final test championship, its final match will be in England

The first match of the World Test Championship Information about two championship seasons

Till now, two finals of the World Test Championship have been held in which Australia was the winner once and New Zealand was the winner once. The first Test Championship match was played between India and New Zealand in which New Zealand was the winner. This match was held in England and its second season was played between India and Australia in which Australia won.

Now the third final of this Test Championship is going to be held which will be in June 2025. Till now, India is in first place in the Test rankings and Australia is in second place. The two teams that finish in the top 2 will have the final between them or the final match will be played in England. The last two matches were also played in England.

World Test Championship: Ranking of players in Test format

In the Test ranking, Kane Williamson is in the first place among batsmen. He is the captain of New Zealand. Joe Root is in second place, Babar Azam is in third place, Daryl Mitchell is in fourth place and Steve Smith is in fifth place.

If we talk about bowlers, Ravichandran Ashwin is in first place, Josh Hazle Wood is in second place and Jasprit Bumrah is in third place. Kashinderwada is at the top and Pant Shirt is in the fifth place

Talking about all-rounders in the test format, Ravindra Jadeja is in first place, Ravichandran Ashwin is second place, Shakib Al Hasan is in third place, Joe Root is in fourth place and Jason Holder is fifth place

Talking about the ranking of test teams, India is in first place, Australia is in second place, New Zealand is in third place, Sri Lanka is in fourth place, Pakistan is in fifth place, West Indies is in seventh place, Bangladesh is at the seventh place, South Africa is at the eighth place and England is at the ninth place

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