India’s cricket fans woke up to heartbreaking news after the South Africa series ended badly. The team has fallen out of the top four spots in the updated WTC points table. This shocking drop came after losing both Test matches at home against the visitors.
The 2025-27 cycle hasn’t been kind to Team India so far this season. They played more home matches than any other team throughout the year. Still, their position in the table kept sliding down with each passing defeat.
India’s Worst Home Nightmare Comes True
Coach Gautam Gambhir has now seen his team crumble at home twice in a row. The South Africa series defeat stung harder than anything because of how badly India collapsed. Losing by 408 runs at home is the kind of nightmare that keeps him awake.
Nobody expected India to break such a terrible record on their own home turf. This defeat became the biggest loss by runs for any team playing at home. The updated points table tells a sad story of India’s fall from grace recently.
South Africa celebrated like crazy after winning their second Test series in India finally. India hasn’t lost two home series back-to-back since entering the 2000s. You have to go back to 1983 and 1984 to find similar disasters.
Batting Collapse and Harmer’s Brilliance Decide Series
India’s batsmen completely forgot how to score runs during this disappointing 2025-27 WTC series. Not a single Indian player managed to score a century in both matches combined. The team’s batting average stayed below 16 runs, which is absolutely terrible for Test cricket.
Simon Harmer bowled like a man throughout the series for South Africa consistently. The Proteas spinner grabbed 17 wickets and destroyed India’s batting lineup match after match. His bowling average of 8.94 broke several records for South African bowlers in India.
No South African bowler had ever taken so many wickets in a series here before. The WTC points table 2025-27 reflects this dominant performance by the visitors clearly now.
India needs to win their remaining matches convincingly to climb back up the table. The current standings show how quickly things can change in Test cricket these days.
Current Standing in WTC Points Table 2025-27:
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Lost | Draw | Deduction | Points | PCT |
| 1 | AUS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 100 |
| 2 | SA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 75 |
| 3 | SL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 66.67 |
| 4 | PAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50 |
| 5 | IND | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 48.15 |
| 6 | ENG | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 36.11 |
| 7 | BAN | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16.67 |
| 8 | WI | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | NZ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
