Pakistan, under the Captaincy of Shan Masood, suffered another blow as they lost the second and final cricket Test against the Bangladeshi team at Rawalpindi on September 3 and, more prominently, were defeated 2-0 in the two-match Test series. For Pakistan, this defeat became a major blow, having come in at ninth in the ICC Test Rankings, with a rating of 76, something that has not happened since 1965.
Compared to the past, Pakistan’s rating point has never been less than 76, according to ICC stats details, except for occasions when the press team could not even play adequate Test complements to gain the points.
The current ICC Test Rankings are as follows: The current ICC Test Rankings are as follows:
Australia – 124 points
India – 120 points
England – 108 points
South Africa – 104 percent.
New Zealand ranked 19th with a total of 96 points.
For the same criteria, Sri Lanka had received 83 points.
West Indies earned 77 points in the T20 World Cup game.
Pakistan – 76 points
Bangladesh – 66 points
Ireland – 26 points
Zimbabwe – 4 points
Afghanistan – 0 points
In the second test match, they came into the battle with a lead of 1-0 after they clinched the first match with a record 10 wickets margin. The decision of the Bangladeshi captain to bat first paid off as Pakistan was all out for 274, with Mehedi Hasan grabbing five wickets. After some hiccups, they were at 262 runs for the loss of 8 wickets owing to Litton Das with 138 and Mehedi with 78 runs, giving them a slender lead of 12 runs. In Pakistan’s second turn of batting, they were all out at 172; Hasan Mahmud took five wickets.
Bangladesh set a target of 185 to win, and they got there without much ado. The opener, Zakir Hasan, got 40.
After the series loss, Shan Masood addressed concerns about his future as captain, stating, “I am not worried about my job security. I took this job to implement changes that will benefit the team. ” He acknowledged Bangladesh’s superior discipline and emphasized the need for Pakistan to reflect on its mistakes: >He said that test cricket depends on mental and physical fitness spanning four or five days, hence the need to work on it.
