After losing the series, Pakistan had to face double blow, ICC took a big decision
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Pakistan Cricket Team: The Pakistani team had to face defeat by 10 wickets in the second test match against South Africa and with this the team lost the series 2-0. Throughout the series, the Pakistani team was seen struggling on important occasions and the team could not perform unitedly. The players played well in bits and pieces. Now after losing the series, the Pakistani team has suffered a loss. The ICC has taken action against him for maintaining a slow over rate in the Cape Town Test.
Pakistani team got a shock
For slow over rate, the Pakistani team was fined 25% of the match fee and five points were deducted from the points table of the World Test Championship. After the penalty, Pakistan’s PCT has dropped to 24.31, which is slightly above the 24.24 PCT of West Indies, who are at the bottom of the points table. The Pakistani team is at number 8 in the points table of WTC 2023-25 and has played 12 matches so far, out of which it has won four and lost 8. She is already out of the race for the final of the World Test Championship.
Pakistani captain admitted mistake
Five WTC points were deducted in accordance with Article 16.11.2 of the ICC World Test Championship Playing Conditions, which states that a side is penalized one point for every over bowled short. The 25% penalty imposed on them pertains to minimum over-rate offences. ICC Elite Panel of Match Referee Richie Richardson approved the penalty. Pakistan captain Shan Masood accepted this and confessed to the crime.
South Africa had made a score of more than 600
In the second Test match against Pakistan, South Africa captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first, which proved to be correct. The team scored a score as big as the Himalayas of 615 runs in the first innings. After this, it was the turn of Pakistani batsmen, but they flopped in the first innings and the entire Pakistani team was limited to only 194 runs in the first innings. Pakistan was forced to play follow on. But in the second innings, Shan Masood (145 runs), Babar Azam (81 runs), Mohammad Rizwan, Salman Ali Aga batted well for Pakistan. It was because of these players that the team was successful in avoiding the defeat of the innings. Pakistan scored 478 runs and gave Africa a target of 58 runs, which it achieved without any loss.
