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Pakistan’s Test ranking falls to 59 years lowest after Bangladesh defeat

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2 years ago

LAHORE: Following a humiliating 2-0 series defeat from Bangladesh, the Pakistan cricket team fell to their worst Test ranking since 1965 on Wednesday.

“Pakistan dropped two places — from sixth to eighth — in the Test rankings after suffering a shock series loss at home to Bangladesh,” the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.

Chasing a target of 185, Bangladesh claimed a six-wicket win over the home team Pakistan in the second Test in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, their first series win against Pakistan.

Green Shirts’ back-to-back losses to Bangladesh at home led to a two-place drop from sixth place, with a total of 76 rating points.

The ICC said it was “their lowest ranking since 1965” in the 12-team table, which is topped by Australia followed by India and England. Bangladesh is ninth in the latest rankings.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh is ninth in the latest rankings just below Pakistan, and gained 13 rating points in the ICC Men’s Test Team Rankings table.

Players ranking

As team ranking dipped to the lowest, team players also saw a drop with no Pakistan bowlers ranked in the top 10. However, Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan remains the only Pakistani batter to be in the top 10 batting rankings.

Star batsman and white-ball captain Babar Azam lost the shine following the continuous failure with the bat. As a result, he has slipped out of the top 10 list in the ICC men’s Test batters ranking, for the first time in more than four and a half years.

Babar Azam managed just 64 runs in the two Tests against Bangladesh. Pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi fell to 11th from his ninth place before the Bangladesh series.

Middle-order batter and vice-captain Saud Shakil plummeted to the 20th position from 13.

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