Pakistan plummets to lowest score factors since 1965 following loss to Bangladesh – Occasions of India

Pakistan plummets to lowest score factors since 1965 following loss to Bangladesh – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Along with falling to a historic low of lowest score factors since 1965, Pakistan‘s squad beneath Shan Masood has fallen to the eighth spot within the ICC Check rankings following their first-ever sequence loss to Bangladesh.
Rawalpindi hosted each Check matches, with Pakistan shedding the primary by ten wickets and the second by six wickets.
“Pakistan dropped two locations within the ICC Males’s Check Staff Rankings to go to eighth place after struggling a shock sequence loss at residence to Bangladesh,” the ICC stated on its web site, as per PTI.
“The hosts have been sixth within the rankings desk earlier than the sequence, however back-to-back losses have seen them drop beneath West Indies to eighth with 76 score factors.
“That is the bottom score factors Pakistan have had within the Check rankings desk since 1965, barring a quick interval the place they didn’t have a spot within the rankings attributable to an inadequate variety of matches.”
Bangladesh’s chase within the second Check at 185 was additionally the third most profitable for any visiting staff in Pakistan; nonetheless, the ‘Tigers’ didn’t obtain a lot promotion.
Bangladesh gained 13 score factors, nonetheless it was nonetheless behind Pakistan in ninth place.
Bangladesh is now ranked fourth within the World Check Championship cycle 2023-25, after leaders India, Australia, and New Zealand, because the 2-Zero sequence victory has strengthened Bangladesh’s place.
Bangladesh had three wins and as many losses in six Checks, giving them 45.83 share factors and 33 factors. They’ll now consider a two-Check sequence towards India, which begins in Chennai on September 19.
Within the World Check Championship, groups are ranked based mostly on the proportion of factors they win and obtain 12 factors for profitable a Check, four for a draw, and 6 for a tie.