The Pakistan cricket team had to face a 0-2 defeat in the two-match home Test series against Bangladesh. In the second Test match played in Rawalpindi, the visiting team defeated Pakistan by four wickets. For the first time, the Bangladesh team has won a Test series against Pakistan. This defeat at home will hurt the Pakistani players for a long time.
…equations became difficult for Pakistan
With this defeat, Pakistan team has suffered a setback in the points table of World Test Championship (WTC). The percentage of Pakistan’s points has now fallen to 19.05. Pakistan has only 16 points from two wins and five losses in 7 matches. If seen, Pakistan has seven more matches left in the current cycle of WTC. It has to play three Test matches against England at home and two against West Indies. While it has to participate in two matches against South Africa on its soil.
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If the Pakistani team has to finish in the top-2, then it will have to win all these seven matches. Which is going to be very difficult for them. On the other hand, with a great victory in the Test series, the Bangladesh team has now come to the fourth position. Bangladesh has 33 points from 6 matches and its point percentage is 45.83. The Indian team is at the top of the points table of the World Test Championship.
India just needs this much victory!
The Indian team has 74 points from 6 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw in 9 matches so far. Its percentage of points is 68.52. India has to tour Australia for 5 Test matches in November. Before that tour, it has to play 2 home Tests against Bangladesh and 3 home Tests against New Zealand. If India wins 5 of these 10 Test matches, then India’s entry into the finals will be almost certain.
Australia is in second place in the WTC table. The Kangaroo team has 90 points from 8 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw in 12 matches. Its point percentage is 62.50. New Zealand team is in third place in the WTC table. New Zealand has 36 points from 3 wins and 3 losses in 6 matches. The Kiwi team’s point percentage is 50.00. After this, Bangladesh is in fourth place, England in fifth and South Africa in sixth place. While Sri Lanka is in seventh, Pakistan in eighth and West Indies in ninth place. This means that Pakistan is ahead of only West Indies in the WTC table.
It is worth noting that this is the third cycle of the World Test Championship, which will run from 2023 to 2025. The ICC has already released the rules related to the points system for this third cycle. The team will get 12 points for winning the Test match, 4 points for drawing the match and 6 points for a tie.
At the same time, 100 percent points will be added for winning the match, 50 percent for a tie, 33.33 percent for a draw and zero percent for losing. A total of 24 points will be available in a two-match series and 60 points in a five-match series. Since the ranking in the points table is primarily determined on the basis of winning percentage.
India’s next 10 Test match schedule:
Bangladesh tour of India (2024)
First Test- Chennai- September 19-23
2nd Test – Kanpur – September 27 to October 1
New Zealand tour of India (2024)
October 16-20: First Test, Bengaluru
October 24-28: 2nd Test, Pune
November 1-5: 3rd Test, Mumbai
India tour of Australia (November-January 2025)
November 22-26: First Test, Perth
December 6-10: Second Test, Adelaide
December 14-18: Third Test, Brisbane
December 26-30: Fourth Test, Melbourne
Jan 03-07: Fifth Test, Sydney
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)