Pakistan needs a victory in both the matches to maintain the 5th position, if the series is tied 1-1, the team will lose 5 rating points.
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Pakistan needs a win in both the matches Pakistan test match ranking, against Zimbabwe to retain the 5th position in the ICC Test rankings. Pakistan needs a victory in both the matches to maintain the fifth position in the Test rankings, so if Zimbabwe draws a match, South Africa will be ahead by one pointless.
Pakistan currently has 90 rating points India (120) first, New Zealand (118) second, Australia (113) third, and England (106) fourth. If the Green Caps win both Test matches against Zimbabwe, only one. A rating point will be obtained and the fifth position will be maintained. If the result is 0-1, with 89 points, Pakistan will reach the sixth position after South Africa. If the series is tied at 1-1, the team will lose 5 rating points.
It is to be noted that Zimbabwe is currently ranked 10th in the ICC Test rankings with 29 rating points. So far 8 Test series have been played between the two teams. Was defeated in the Test series. It was the only time the Zimbabwean cricket team, which won by nine wickets in a Test match at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar, had beaten Pakistan 0-1 in a three-match series, during which 18 Tests were played between the two teams. Out of the matches, Pakistan has won 10 and Zimbabwe has won three, while four Test matches have been drawn and one is incomplete. The last time Pakistan and Zimbabwe competed in Zimbabwe was in 2013. The series between the two teams ended in a 1-1 draw.
Interestingly, Misbah-ul-Haq, who led Pakistan in this series, is now the head coach of the national cricket team and senior player Younis Khan is now the batting coach of the national team. Younis, who scored an unbeaten double century in the first Test match of the series Khan had scored 319 runs in the series, while Misbah-ul-Haq had scored 217 runs in the series at an average of over 72.
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