Pakistan has finally broken the cycle of failure. Shan Masood led the country to its first Test win. Pakistan defeated England by 152 runs in the test to save the series in Multan. Despite the smile of satisfaction on the face of the Pakistan captain in such a victory, the calculation of the point table of this format says that the team is still in a bad position in the World Test Championship. They are even below Bangladesh.
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However, according to the points table, Pakistan has won after a long time. Pakistan last won a match in this format 44 months ago in February 2021. The team lost to South Africa at home. After that, Pakistan did not win 11 matches in a row. Captain Babar Azam was replaced by Shan Masood, but Pakistan lost the first 6 matches under his leadership.
In this situation, Pakistan did not get much good news in the points table in a win. According to the calculations, Pakistan is ranked 8th out of 9 teams in the current cycle of the Test Championship. Only West Indies are below the team.
Pakistan won 3 out of 9 matches in this format. The team lost in the remaining 6 matches. They could not draw. Pakistan's winning percentage with 28 points is 25.93 percent. On the other hand, Bangladesh, who whitewashed Pakistan on their soil, is at number 7. 34.38 percent victory of Bangladesh with 33 points in 8 matches and 3 wins and 5 losses.
The name of India is on top of this list. Rohit Sharma's team has won 8, lost 2 and drawn 1 test in 11 matches. India is on top with 98 points. Their win rate is 74.24 percent. Australia is next in this list. The team's points are 90.