The updated ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 points table has been released after the conclusion of the second and final Test match of the series between the Pakistan national cricket team and the South Africa national cricket team.
Shan Masood-led Pakistan national cricket team and Aiden Markram-led South Africa national cricket team faced each other in the second game from 20 to 23 October at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
South Africa surprised Pakistan with incredible batting
In the match, Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. He did a brilliant job and put up a big score of 333 on the board while batting on a track that offered some help to the spinners.
Abdullah Shafiq opened the innings with a good half-century and captain Shan Masood led from the front with a brilliant inning of 87 runs and became the top scorer. Apart from the above batsmen, Saud Shakeel scored a good half-century, while Salman Agha scored 45 runs.
Meanwhile, South Africa were given a good start in their first innings by Tristan Stubbs and Tony De Zorzi, who scored 76 and 55. However, the best performances came from the bat of Senuran Muthusamy and Kagiso Rabada, who stunned Pakistan bowlers with scores of 89* and 71.
South Africa defeated Pakistan and leveled the series
In their second innings of batting, Pakistan displayed a terrible batting performance. They lost the top three for just 16 runs and were immediately on the backfoot. Babar Azam tried to show some fight and scored a half-century, but could not convert it into a big score.
Apart from Babar Azam, Salman Aga (28) and Mohammad Rizwan (18) scored crucial runs before Pakistan were bowled out for 138 runs.
Chasing a small target of 68 runs, South Africa easily crossed the finish line in 12.3 overs and won by 8 wickets. This was the first time in 18 years that South Africa defeated Pakistan in Test cricket in Pakistan.
ICC World Test Championship points table after Pakistan vs South Africa 2nd Test
Before the second game between the two teams, Pakistan were second in the standings with a PCT of 100, and the Proteas were seventh with a PCT of 0. Things have changed in the points table after South Africa’s victory in the second test. Here is the updated table:
| Situation | Team | played | won | lost | Drag | dead | score | PCT |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 100 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 66.67 |
| 3 | India | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 61.9 |
| 4 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50 |
| 6 | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 43.33 |
| 7 | bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16.67 |
| 8 | west indies | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | new zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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