Pakistan, led by Babar Azam, fell to seventh place in the most recent rankings, continuing their slide down the World Test Championship (WTC) 2021-23 standings. This came after the Men in Green were beaten 3-0 by the Three Lions at home.
Ben Stokes’ team easily won the third Test on Tuesday with the help of Harry Brook and Rehan Ahmed. As a result, Pakistan fell to seventh place in the most recent WTC standings.
Azam’s team is now 38.89% of points after losing the Test series to England. While they are still in the race to make it to the final of WTC numerically, Pakistan will need a lot of help from other teams to get to the summit match.
They can reach really high as 47.62%, and it very well may be sufficient, yet they will require favors from different sides.
Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and South Africa are among the five teams that still have a chance of reaching the World Test Championship final next year.
In the home series of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) against England, Pakistan fell humiliatingly 0-3. Since they were hosting the series on their own turf rather than at a neutral venue, fans had high hopes for the team led by Babar Azam.
However, Pakistan’s performance deteriorated, and following their three defeats against England, they fell to seventh place in the WTC points table. Australia defeated Pakistan 1-0 in Pakistan earlier this year.
Pakistan has been eliminated from the ICC World Test Championship as a result of these results. They get no opportunity of meeting all requirements for the last of the current year’s WTC cycle.
Pakistan’s World Test Championship points percentage will slip below 35 if they lose against New Zealand
Pakistan still has two Test matches remaining in the ongoing World Test Championship, which should be noted by fans. Soon, they will host two Test matches against New Zealand at home. Regardless of whether Pakistan wins the series 2-0, they will have just 47.62% points which won’t be sufficient to take them to the last.
If Pakistan loses to New Zealand, their World Test Championship points percentage will fall below 35. Pakistan should now aim to win the tournament.
The team led by Babar Azam should try to play well against New Zealand and gain some momentum before the new WTC cycle, even though the chances of finishing in the top two are slim.
In the event that New Zealand wins the forthcoming series 2-0, Pakistan’s points rate will slip to 33.33. In that scenario, they will fall to eighth place.
Pakistan and New Zealand will begin their series on December 26 in Karachi. The WTC defending champions’ performance against the Babar Azam-led team will be interesting to watch.