World Test Championship (2025-2027) Points table: Pakistan cricket team has made a great start in the two-match Test series at home. It defeated South Africa by 93 runs in the match held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In this way, the Pakistani team led by Shan Masood has jumped to the second position in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table by registering a victory over South Africa.
Whereas the Indian team Pakistan The victory has resulted in loss. Recently, by defeating West Indies in the 2-match Test series, the Indian team captured the third position in the points table of the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27. But with Pakistan’s victory, the Indian team has now slipped to fourth position.
However, with this win in its first match of the WTC 2025-27 cycle, Pakistan has secured second place in the points table of nine teams, defeating Bangladesh, England and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan now has a total of 12 points with 100 percent marks. At the same time, 2023 champion Australia is still on top, having maintained the lead by winning all three of its matches.
The #WTC27 standings after Pakistan’s comprehensive win over defending champions South Africa 📝
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Pakistan captain Shan Masood, who made a great start in the WTC 2025-27 cycle, said- I believe that it is important to make a good start every time. It is a great opportunity for us that we are playing against the team which has won the last World Test Championship. When we return to our home, test cricket Very excited to play and start with a win. This is a great start for us, now we will focus on the next match.
What happened in Lahore Test between Pakistan vs South Africa?
In the first match of the two-match Test series, Pakistan team, after winning the toss and coming to bat first, scored a brilliant 378 runs in the first innings. On behalf of the team, Imam-ul-Haq (93), Salman Agha (93), captain Shan Masood (76) and Mohammad Rizwan (75) played excellent innings.
In reply, Tony De Georgi batted brilliantly for South Africa and scored the second Test century of his career. He played a fighting inning of 104 runs in 171 balls, while opener Ryan Rickelton also added an important 71 runs. But Noman Ali’s sharp bowling gave Pakistan a first innings lead of 109 runs. This left arm spinner took 6 wickets.
After this, the African team returned to bowling, where Senuran Muthusamy (5/57) and Simon Harmer (4/51) took full advantage of the spin-friendly pitch. After this, the African team had a target of 277 runs, where the visiting team could not make a strong partnership. Noman Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets each and together bundled out Africa for 167 runs. Both the teams will now face each other in the second and decisive Test to be held in Rawalpindi from October 20.
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