Why SA defending their WTC crown could be an impossible task?
Defending champions South Africa face an uphill battle in their 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle as their path to the final is tougher with tours of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Beating England and Australia 2-1, Bangladesh 2-0, losing 2-0 to India, winning two out of four against Sri Lanka and Pakistan would give them an insufficient 57 points percentage.