Further Misery For Pakistan Cricket As Nation Records Lowest-Ever Test Internationals Ranking

Pakistan Test Ranking: Pakistan Cricket suffers a huge shock in the latest ICC Team Test Rankings, as the nation records it's lowest-ever ranking in the format in the aftermath of historical 2-0 series defeat at home to Bangladesh. The Bangla Tigers humiliated the hosts in an emphatic manner, as they registered not just their first-ever Test win against them, but also a series win as well.

After the conclusion of Pakistan Vs Bangladesh Test series, Pakistan are now at the eighth position with 76 Ratings, and Bangladesh remain at 9th, but with Ratingsnow rising to 66.

Updated ICC Test Rankings (Team)

Rank Team Matches Points Ratings 1 Australia 30 3715 124 2 India 26 3108 120 3 England 34 3679 108 4 South Africa 21 2179 104 5 New Zealand 22 2121 96 6 Sri Lanka 18 1501 83 7 West Indies 26 1992 77 8 Pakistan 20 1528 76 9 Bangladesh 20 1323 66 10 Ireland 5 131 26 11 Zimbabwe 3 11 4 12 Afghanistan 3 0 0

Shan Masood Expresses Disappointment At Recent Failures

The Pakistan captain admitted that his tenure has so far not been fruitful as Pakistan have let opposition come back into the game, and that, the team needs to get fitter and better for upcoming series against England.

"Extremely disappointed, we were excited for the home season but the story has been the same as Australia. We have not learnt our lessons. We thought we were playing good cricket in Australia but not doing the job, that's something we need to work on. It has happened four times in my tenure that we have let the team [opposition] back into the contest when we were dominating," said Shan Masood, as reported by ICC.

"We should have done better after having them at 26/6. That's something we need to work on and work on quickly. We need to get fitter, neater and prepare better. It is going to be a long Test and domestic season and we need to be better prepared for England," he added.

Pakistan bowling coach Jason Gillespie too, was left disappointed and demaded more 'consistency' from Pakistan players.

"We need to sharpen up on certain areas, and we will sharpen up.I really want to back and believe in these players, they are good enough and have shown glimpses of how good we are. We just need to do it more often and consistently," said Jason Gillespie.

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