The date of 3 September 2024 was the worst day in Pakistan cricket history. On this day, Pakistan suffered a 0-2 clean sweep in the home Test series against Bangladesh. Both the Test matches of the series were played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, where Pakistan lost the first Test by 10 wickets and the second Test by six wickets. The situation in which Pakistan lost in both the Test matches was disappointing.

In the first Test match, Pakistan declared their first innings at 448 runs but still had to face defeat. In the second Test, Pakistan bowled out Bangladesh for 26 runs in the first innings, but despite this, Shan Masood and company had to face defeat. Pakistan has also suffered a loss in the ICC Test Team Ranking due to losing this Test series.

Pakistan reached eighth position in ICC Test rankings

Actually, ICC has released its latest Test rankings after the series between Pakistan and Bangladesh ended. Pakistan has slipped two places to eighth position in the ICC Test team rankings. Pakistan is currently at 76 rating points, which is also their lowest rating point in Test cricket history. This is the lowest rating of the Pakistani team since 1965. In the ranking of 12 Test teams, Bangladesh, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan are below Pakistan.

Sri Lanka and West Indies have benefited from Pakistan’s defeat, both have moved up one place each to sixth and seventh positions. There is no change in the position of the top-5 teams in the latest ICC Test rankings. In this ranking, Australia remains at the top with 124 rating points, while India (120 rating points) is at the second position.

After this, England is at number three, while South Africa is at number four. New Zealand is at number five. The ICC Test team rankings were updated on September 3 and Pakistan has suffered the most from it.