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ICC World Test Championship Points Table, WTC Table After PAK vs WI 1st Test 2025: Pakistan national cricket team crushed West Indies national cricket team by 127 runs in the two-match Test series opener at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan on Sunday (January 19). Bowlers from both sides have made the most of Multan’s spinning track in the first Test.
Both teams, Pakistan and West Indies, scored a total of 647 runs in the four innings, and the match ended on Day 3 of the second session at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
However, Australia and South Africa qualified for the 2023-25 ICC World Test Championship (WCT) final but the hosts earned a deserved 12 points after winning the first Test on Sunday against the Caribbean as a whole.
Pakistan secure 12 points with dominant win over West Indies in Multan Test
However, Pakistan national cricket team gained 12 points but remained at the eighth position with 47 points and 30.13 PCT points in the updated ICC World Test Championship points table after the first Test against the West Indies at Multan.
Notably, Pakistan have dropped 5 points for a slow over-the-rate offense during the recent Test series in South Africa. On the other hand, the West Indies national cricket team also remained at the 9th position with 32 points and 22.22 PCT points in the updated WTC points table.
Well, there is no change in the team rankings after the conclusion of the first test match between Pakistan team and West Indies. South Africa leads the WTC points table with 96.44 PCT points, while Australia remains in second place with 63.72 PCT points.
The WTC 2025 Finalists are followed by India (50 PCT points), New Zealand (48.21 PCT points), Sri Lanka (45.45 PCT points), England (43.18), Bangladesh (31 .25) and then Pakistan and the West Indies. However, Australia, Pakistan, West Indies and Sri Lanka have a chance to make some moves on the WTC points table as they are scheduled for Test action next week.
ICC World Test Championship points table updated after PAK vs WI 1st Test:
| pos | team | games | He won | lost | drawn | No | points | pct |
| 1 | south africa | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 69.44 |
| 2 | Australia | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 130 | 63.73 |
| 3 | India | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 50 |
| 4 | new zealand | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 48.21 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 45.45 |
| 6 | England | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 43.18 |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 31.25 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 30.13 |
| 9 | West Indies | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 22.22 |
Meanwhile, Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan once again made the most of the home conditions and played a key role in the team’s dominant win over the tourists in the first Test in Multan. Sajid finished with match-winning spells of 4/65 and 5/50 to win the Player of the Match honour. He credited Pakistan coach and Aaqib Javed for his match-winning performance.
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There was a fair amount of spin on the pitch – Sajid Khan
Sajid Khan said at the post-match presentation, “Credit to Aaqib Javed bhai and the management. The man of the match should be Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel for the knocks in the first innings, and also Shan Masood in the second. There was a good amount of spin on the pitch. I spoke to our bowling coach after the first innings – I conceded runs later in the spell. He reduced the pace further in the second innings and controlled it better the races”.
Talking about the Multan Test, Pakistan posted 230 runs on the board after brilliant fifties from Mohammad Rizwan (71) and Saud Shakeel (84) in the first innings. And then the hosts bowled out the West Indies for just 137 runs, with Jomel Warrican top-scoring with 31* runs.
Summary of the first test PAK vs SA
For Pakistan, Noman Ali took five wickets while Sajid Khan took four wickets. Pakistan started their second innings strongly with captain Shan Masood scoring a half-century. However, the hosts collapsed from 109/3 to 157 as Jomel Warrican produced an impressive performance, claiming seven wickets, his best figures in Test cricket.
Chasing a target of 251 runs, West Indies suffered another embarrassing batting collapse as the tourists were bundled out for a paltry 123 runs as Sajid Khan’s haul of five wickets and the haul of four wickets from Abrar Khan sealed the game for Pakistan. With a 127-run win, they took a 1-0 lead in the Test series at home, with the second and final Test scheduled for January 25 at the same venue.
