- By Gurmeet Batra
- Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:43 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Updated WTC 2025-27 Points Table: Veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja's vigilant efforts went in vain as India fell heartbreakingly short in the face of England captain Ben Stokes' resolve, going down by 22 runs in the wildly fluctuating third Test at Lord's on Monday.
India were chasing a seemingly gettable 193 but folded for 170 after their front-line batters endured a rare collective failure, engineered by the pace trio of Jofra Archer (3/55), player of the match Stokes (3/48) and Brydon Carse (2/30).
Down and out at 112 for eight, Jadeja (61 not out off 181) took the game deep with the help of Jasprit Bumrah (5 off 54) and Mohammed Siraj (4 off 30) before agonisingly ending up on the wrong side of the result in a game for the ages. The visitors trail 1-2 in the five-match series.
Siraj showed plenty of fight, as he always does, but his forward defence off Shoaib Bashir rolled back to his stumps, bringing him down on his knees in despair and a thrilling finish to the match.
On the other hand, Mitchell Starc's five-wicket haul in just 15 balls and Scott Boland's hat-trick orchestrated West Indies' downfall as the visitors bundled out the hosts for 27 in Jamaica.
In a stunning exhibition of fast bowling, Starc carved his name in the history books with the fastest ever Test five-wicket haul by balls bowled (15), also passing the 400-wicket milestone.
Meanwhile, Boland came out with his own brand of destruction, claiming a hat-trick at the other end. After the carnage was so complete, West Indies' total of 27 is just one run shy of the lowest Test score in history, when England bowled New Zealand out for 26 in 1955.
With a defeat against England in the Lord's Test, India is placed fourth with 12 points and a PCT of 33.33, right behind Sri Lanka, which has 16 points and a PCT of 66.67. Meanwhile, England moved up to second place with 24 points and 66.67 PCT%.
A dominating 3-0 series sweep over the West Indies inside three days in Kingston helped Australia retain the No. 1 position in the WTC 2025-27 cycle.
| POSITION | TEAM | MATCHES | WON | LOST | DRAW | POINTS | PCT% |
| 1. | Australia | 3 | 3 | – | – | 36 | 100 |
| 2. | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 24 | 66.67 |
| 3. | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 16 | 66.67 |
| 4. | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 12 | 33.33 |
| 5. | Bangladesh | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16.67 |
| 6. | West Indies | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 7. | New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8. | Pakistan | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 9. | South Africa | – | – | – | – | – | – |
