Rahul Dravid shares his perspective on Team India’s chances of reaching the 2027 WTC Final

Former Indian captain & head coach Rahul Dravid is hopeful that India can qualify for the ICC World Test Championship Final 2027 after a big win over Sri Lanka in the first Test. Dravid is set to begin a new journey as a team owner of the Dublin Guardians in the inaugural edition of the European T20 Premier League.

Speaking to JioStar, Dravid shared his thoughts on Team India's chances of making it to the ICC World Test Championship Final and Vaibhav Sooryavanshi's prospects of playing Test cricket.

Team India currently ranks 5th in the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 standings with a points percentage (PCT) of 53.33%. Australia is leading the table, followed by South Africa, New Zealand and Bangladesh.

On India's chances of qualifying for the ICC World Test Championship Final, he said, "I'm hoping they do. It'll be a great run if India can qualify for the WTC final from here. They've fallen behind a little bit, but the kind of quality that the Indian team has, you're not going to write them off at any stage. They started off well against Sri Lanka, so that's a good first step."

"Hopefully, they can keep the guys fit and not have a lot of injuries over the next few months. Australia will be really exciting. A lot of their players will be very keen to do well in India. That's a generation of truly great Australian players, a great Australian team that has not won in India. So they'll be keen to do that," he added.

"New Zealand away is always a challenge. Tough team, New Zealand, to play away from home. A lot of the young Indian boys have not played in those conditions, so that's going to be a big challenge. We're missing the experience of Virat and Rohit, Ajinkya Rahane and Pujara, these kinds of guys who've probably been there the last time India went. So that will be an interesting series as well."