Pakistan has started its campaign in the World Test Championship 2025-27 with a win. The Pakistani team, which played its first series in this cycle of the tournament, defeated world champion South Africa in the first test. Let us tell you that only a few months ago, the South African team had won the title of World Test Championship 2023-25 by defeating Australia. Now the start of the next season has been quite opposite for the team. Talking about the points table, the Indian team has suffered a big loss due to Pakistan’s victory.
South Africa team will play a two-Test series on Pakistan tour. The first of which was played in Lahore and the visiting team had to face defeat by 93 runs. Noman Ali was the hero of victory for Pakistan in this match who took 10 wickets in the entire match. Noman had taken 6 wickets in the first innings and he got four wickets in the second innings. With this victory, Pakistan team has come second after Australia in the points table of the World Test Championship 2025-27.
Due to Pakistan’s victory, India has suffered a loss in the points table of the ongoing World Test Championship. The Indian team has won maximum four out of seven matches in this cycle but still in terms of winning percentage it has now slipped from third to fourth place. This was Pakistan’s first match and with the win, it is in second place with 100 percent. Whereas the Australian team is on top with 36 points and 100 percent after winning all its three matches.