PAK vs SA 2025: Updated WTC 2025–27 Points Table – Test Champions South Africa Suffer Defeat Against Pakistan

Pakistan defeated World Test Champion South Africa by 93 runs in their opening match of the 2025-27 cycle. This was the first match for both teams in this cycle. However, the Test Champion suffered a defeat, significantly altering the World Test Championship 2025-27 points table. The second and final Test of the series between South Africa and Pakistan will be played in Rawalpindi from October 20. Learn about the first match.

Pakistan captain Shan Masood won the toss and elected to bat first at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Batting first, Pakistan scored 378 runs. Imam-ul-Haq scored 93, Salman Agha scored 93, and captain Masood scored 76. Mohammad Rizwan also scored 75 runs.

Senuran Muthusamy took six wickets for South Africa. In reply, South Africa were bowled out for 269 in their first innings, with Tony de Giorgi scoring 104. Rickelton also scored 71 runs. No one else could score more than 20 runs. For Pakistan, Noman Ali took six wickets and Sajid Khan took three. Pakistan gained a 109-run lead based on the first innings.

Pakistan was all out for 167 in the second innings. Abdullah Shafique scored 41 runs, Babar Azam scored 42 runs. Saud Shakeel scored 38 runs. Muthusamy took five wickets and Harmer took four wickets for South Africa. This resulted in Pakistan's total lead of 276 runs, and South Africa was set a target of 277 runs. In reply, South Africa's second innings was reduced to 183 runs.

Rickelton scored 45 runs, while Dewald Brevis top-scored with 54 runs. For Pakistan, Noman took four wickets and Shaheen Afridi also took four wickets. Sajid took two wickets. Noman was named Player of the Match. Australia remains on top, Pakistan in second place.

After this match, Australia remains on top of the latest table with a point percentage of 100. The team has won three out of three matches so far and has 36 points. Pakistan, on the other hand, earned 12 points with a win in its first match. Its point percentage is also 100, and the team has moved up to second place.
Sri Lanka in third place, India in fourth place

Sri Lanka has slipped to third place with one win and one loss in two matches. Its point percentage is 66.67. India, on the other hand, has slipped to fourth place with three wins, two losses, and one draw in six matches. After winning the Delhi Test, India's total points increased to 52, but it still lags behind Sri Lanka in terms of point percentage.

After the victory in the Delhi Test, India's point percentage (PCT) increased from 55.56% to 61.90%. India's current position has certainly strengthened, but to reach the top two, the team will need to perform well in the upcoming Test series against South Africa. If India continues this momentum, securing a place in the World Test Championship final in 2027 will not be difficult.

England is in fifth place with a point percentage of 43.33% with two wins, two losses, and one draw. Bangladesh is in sixth place. South Africa and West Indies are in the bottom two. Bangladesh has only one draw in two matches and has a point percentage of 16.67%.

South Africa, meanwhile, is winless in one match, while West Indies have lost all five Tests so far. Both teams have a point percentage of zero. New Zealand, meanwhile, has not played a single Test in this WTC cycle. In the World Test Championship (2025-2027), teams are awarded points based on the result of each match. A win earns 12 points, a draw four points, and a tie six points.

Overall rankings are determined not by points alone, but by a point percentage system (PCT). This percentage is calculated as follows: the total points earned by a team is divided by the total available points and then multiplied by 100. This PCT determines which team will be placed in which position in the standings.

WTC 2025-27 Points Table

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