Published 15:51 IST, October 7th 2019
World Test Championship: Schedule, updates for the remaining fixtures
ICC World Test Championship: India continues to top the points table. Let's take a look at the schedule for the remaining fixtures in the ongoing edition
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Team India defeated South Africa by 203 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the ongoing three-match Freedom Trophy Test series. With their victory, the Indian team remains World No 1 side in ICC Test rankings. The Virat Kohli-led team also continues to top the ICC World Test Championship points table with a perfect 160 points. The inaugural edition of World Test Championship began with the 2019 Ashes series, which was followed by a two-match series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand and continued with India’s tour of West Indies.
ICC World Test Championship Schedule
Shami takes the final wicket – his fifth of the innings – and closes out a big win for India. That's 40 more ICC World Test Championship points in their kitty!#INDvSA SCORECARD 👇https://t.co/dCGJ4Pcug5 pic.twitter.com/HlTk4dU3Kz
— ICC (@ICC) October 6, 2019
Teams like Pakistan and Bangladesh are yet to open their campaigns in the ongoing two-year tournament. The Bangladeshi team will be making their World Test Championship debut against India on November 14 while Pakistan will be touring Australia for a two-match Test series this November-December.
As we move into second India vs South Africa Test of the series, let’s take a look at the schedule for the remaining fixtures of the 2019-21 ICC World Test Championship:
South Africa tour of India – 3 Test matches – October 2-23, 2019
Bangladesh tour of India – 2 Test matches – November 14-26, 2019
Pakistan tour of Australia – 2 Test matches – November 21-December 3, 2019
Sri Lanka against Pakistan in UAE – 2 Test matches – December 2019
New Zealand tour of Australia – 3 Test matches – December 12, 2019-January 7, 2020
England tour of South Africa – 4 Test matches – December 26, 2019-January 28, 2020
Bangladesh against Pakistan in UAE – 2 Test matches – January 2020
India tour of New Zealand – 2 Test matches – February 21-March 4, 2020
England tour of Sri Lanka – 2 Test matches – March 2020
Australia tour of Bangladesh – 2 Test matches – June 2020
West Indies tour of England – 3 Test matches – June 4-29, 2020
Pakistan tour of England – 3 Test matches – July 30-August 24, 2020
Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka – 3 Test matches – July 2020
South Africa tour of West Indies – 2 Test matches – July 2020
New Zealand tour of Bangladesh – 2 Test matches – August 2020
India tour of Australia – 4 Test matches – November 2020 – January 2021
West Indies tour of New Zealand – 3 Test matches – November 2020
Pakistan tour of New Zealand – 2 Test matches – December 2020
West Indies tour of Bangladesh – 3 Test matches – January 2021
England tour of India – 5 Test matches – January 2021
South Africa tour of Pakistan – 2 Test matches – January 2021
Sri Lanka tour of South Africa – 2 Test matches – January 2021
Australia tour of South Africa – 3 Test matches – February 2021
Sri Lanka tour of West Indies – 2 Test matches – February 2021
Final: June 10-14, 2021 at Lord’s, London
14:32 IST, October 7th 2019