Pakistan has snatched the 5th position from South Africa in theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) rankings after wrapping up the series2-0. Pakistan is now ranked number five in Test team rankings overtakingSri Lanka and South Africa.——————————
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Pakistan won the second Test match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadiumconvincingly by 95 runs and whitewashed the Proteas in the historic series.This was Pakistan’s first Test series win against South Africa in 17 years.
Hasan Ali in his comeback Test series bowled brilliantly and picked up a10-wicket haul in the second Test match. After a solid comeback by SouthAfrica in the fourth innings, Hasan and Shaheen staged their own comebackand wrapped up the South African batting unit after taking the second newball.
Shaheen Afridi picked up 4 and Hasan picked up 5 wickets in the fourthinnings to hand Pakistan a comfortable series win.
Mohammad Rizwan scored a brilliant century in the third innings to set aformidable target for South Africa, which they ultimately failed to chasedown.——————————
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Pakistan bounced back after a disappointing tour of New Zealand, where theylost the Test series by 2-0 and prior to that they lost the Test seriesagainst England 1-0. Pakistan will jump up the rankings and have 90 ratingpoints, 18 behind fourth-placed England.
*Ranking* *Team* *Rating Points*1 New Zealand 1182 India 1183 Australia 1134 England 108*5* *Pakistan* *90**6* *South Africa* *90*7 Sri Lanka 838 West Indies 779 Bangladesh 55
