Bangladesh cricket team performed brilliantly and defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets in the Rawalpindi Test match. This was Bangladesh’s first victory against Pakistan in the history of Test cricket. In the match, Pakistan had given Bangladesh a target of 30 runs, which it achieved without losing any wicket and won the match. For the first time, Pakistan has lost a Test match at home by 10 wickets.
Pakistan suffered a setback after the defeat
After losing to Bangladesh, Pakistan has also suffered a setback in the World Test Championship (WTC) points table. The Pakistan team has now slipped to the eighth position. Pakistan has 22 points from two wins and four losses in 6 matches so far. Pakistan’s point percentage is 30.56. On the other hand, with a brilliant win, the Bangladesh team has now come to the sixth position. Bangladesh has 24 points from 5 matches and its point percentage is 40.
Also read: Bangladesh crushed Pakistan in its home ground… this happened for the first time in Test history
Let us tell you that the Indian team is currently at the top of the WTC points table with 68.52 percent points. India has 74 points from six wins, two losses and one draw in 9 matches so far. Australia is in second place. The Kangaroo team has 90 points from 8 wins, three losses and one draw in 12 matches. Its point percentage is 62.50.
The New Zealand team is at the third position in the WTC table. New Zealand has 36 points from three wins and three losses in 6 matches. The Kiwi team’s point percentage is 50.00. After this, England is at the fourth, Sri Lanka at the fifth and Bangladesh at the sixth position. While South Africa is at the seventh, Pakistan at the eighth and West Indies at the ninth position. This means that Pakistan is ahead of only West Indies in the WTC table.
… this is the rule of WTC
This is the third cycle of the ICC 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. A team gets 12 points for winning a Test match, 4 points for a draw and 6 points for a tie.
100 percent points are 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. Let us tell you that the ranking is primarily determined on the basis of winning percentage in the point table.
The Indian team has to play 10 more Test matches in the current cycle of the World Test Championship. If India has to reach the final of the World Test Championship (WTC), then it will have to perform brilliantly in these matches. The Indian team is going to play two Test matches against Bangladesh from September 19. After Bangladesh, India has to play three Test matches against New Zealand and five Test matches against Australia on its soil.
Bangladesh tour of India
First Test- Chennai- September 19-23
2nd Test – Kanpur – September 27 to October 1
1st T20 – Gwalior – 6 October
2nd T20 – Delhi – 9 October
3rd T20 – Hyderabad – October 12
New Zealand tour of India (2024)
October 16-20: First Test, Bengaluru
October 24-28: 2nd Test, Pune
November 1-5: 3rd Test, Mumbai
Indian team 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
