WTC Full Schedule:: India will play 18 matches this season under Shubman Gill’s captaincy, new season starts from today

New Delhi. South Africa won the ICC World Test Championship for the first time by beating Australia at the historic Lord’s ground in England. India could not achieve it even after playing two consecutive finals. Now once again the new season of the tournament is going to start. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma would like to do the new Test captain Shubman Gill. During the 2025-27 in the championship, 71 matches will be played between nine teams in two years. It will begin with a match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Galle on 17 June today i.e. on 17 June.

Australia, which lost the World Test Championship Final, will play the highest 22 Test matches in the new season while England are second with 21 matches. India will start a new era under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, which will start from the match against England in Headingley on 20 June. In this circle, the Indian team will play 18 Test matches. Team India is to play in the domestic series against West Indies, South Africa and Australia while going to their home with England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.

Bangladesh team is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka. Today, in Galle, both teams will play in the first match of the two -match Test series. With this match, the new season of the ICC World Test Championship will begin. The Indian team will play their first match against England from June 20. A total of 9 teams will join the final race. This match will be seen between Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies.

ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 Full Match Schedule:

Team	Total match	Domestic series	Foreign series
Australia	22	England (5), New Zealand (4), Bangladesh (2)	West Indies (3), South Africa (3), India (5)
Bangladesh	12	Pakistan (2), West Indies (2), England (2)	Sri Lanka (2), South Africa (2), Australia (2)
England	21	India (5), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (3)	Australia (5), South Africa (3), Bangladesh (2)
India	18	West Indies (2), South Africa (2), Australia (5)	England (5), Sri Lanka (2), New Zealand (2)
New Zealand	16	West Indies (3), India (2), Sri Lanka (2)	England (3), Australia (4), Pakistan (2)
Pakistan	13	South Africa (2), Sri Lanka (2), New Zealand (2)	Bangladesh (2), West Indies (2), England (3)
South Africa	14	Australia (3), Bangladesh (2), England (3)	Pakistan (2), India (2), Sri Lanka (2)
Sri Lanka	12	Bangladesh (2), India (2), South Africa (2)	West Indies (2), Pakistan (2), New Zealand (2)
West Indies	14	Australia (3), Sri Lanka (2), Pakistan (2)	India (2), New Zealand (3), Bangladesh (2)

India will play 18 matches in 2 years

In the new circle of the World Test Championship, the Indian team will play 18 Test matches against a total of 6 teams. West Indies (2), South Africa (2), Australia (5), England (5), Sri Lanka (2), New Zealand (2) are going to play matches. Out of this, the team from West Indies, South Africa and Australia will visit India while the Indian team will visit England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.