The ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Points Table has been updated after the third and final Test match between Pakistan and England. However, this win did not help Shan Masood-led Pakistan in the race for the 2025 World Test Championship final to be played at Lord’s next year.
The Men in Green secured their first bilateral Test series win at home since defeating South Africa in February 2021. The spin duo of Nauman Ali and Sajid Ali played a crucial role with the ball in Pakistan’s victory in the last two games. Nauman and Sajid took most of the wickets on their turns.
Pakistan secure a Nine-Wicket Victory in the 3rd Test in Rawalpindi
England won the toss and elected to bat first in the Test match. They managed to score 267 runs with the help of James Smith’s counter-attack of 89 runs. In reply, Pakistan got off to a poor start but Saud Shakeel was instrumental in helping Pakistan take a crucial first innings lead of 77 runs.
The Three Lions were bundled out for 112 in the second innings of the match. They set a target of 36 runs for Pakistan in the last innings. The hosts comfortably chased down the target in just 3.1 overs. Saud Shakeel was adjudged Man of the Match for his batting performance in the first innings.
Updated ICC World Test Championship Points Table (WTC Table) after PAK vs ENG 3rd Test 2024
The men in green moved up the World Test Championship table after a nine-wicket win. Pakistan is ranked seventh in the nine-team WTC table with 33.33 percent. On the other hand, England retained their sixth place in the table, but their PCT index fell from 43.06 to 40.79.
Here is the Updated ICC World Test Championship Points Table:
| Pos | Team | He played | He won | Lost | draw | Ded | Points | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IND | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 98 | 68.06 |
| 2 | OUT | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 90 | 62.50 |
| 3 | SL | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 55.56 |
| 4 | about | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 47.62 |
| 5 | NZ | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 44.44 |
| 6 | ENG | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 93 | 40.79 |
| 7 | PAK | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 33.33 |
| 8 | BAN | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 30.56 |
| 9 | WI | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18.52 |
(In the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025, teams 12 points for a win, 4 points for a draw and 6 points for a draw. For slow overtimes, teams will lose one championship point for each excessively short game. Teams will be ranked by percentage of points earned.)
The World Test Championship will be renewed once again as the Indian team currently takes on New Zealand in the second Test of the three-match Test series in Pune. Rohit Sharma’s team is chasing a mammoth target of 359 runs in the fourth innings of the game on the return leg at the MCA Stadium.
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