WTC 2025 Standings Update: Big blow to New Zealand in WTC points table; This team brought down

WTC 2025 Standings Update: In the Mirpur Test, South Africa has achieved a resounding victory against Bangladesh by 7 wickets. With this victory, the visiting team has taken a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. The Proteas team has also gained in the ICC World Test Championship standings. At the same time, the teams of New Zealand and England have slipped down.

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In fact, after the win in the first Test against Bangladesh, South Africa improved its points percentage to 47.62, which helped them overtake New Zealand and England to finish fourth in the standings. Due to the defeat, Bangladesh's points percentage has fallen to 30.56 and it remains at seventh position. However, India and Australia still hold the top two positions in the standings. After them, Sri Lanka is at third position.

Latest status of WTC points table

Mirpur test situation

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Talking about the match, in the Mirpur Test, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and decided to bat against South Africa, but this decision backfired as South Africa bowled out Bangladesh for just 106 runs. Kagiso Rabada, Wiaan Mulder and Keshav Maharaj took three wickets each. After which, Kyle Verreen's century of 114 runs with the support of Mulder (54) and Dane Piedt (32) helped South Africa gain a huge lead of 202 runs.

Bangladesh spinners Taijul Islam and Mehdi Hasan together took seven wickets. After falling behind by 202 runs in the first innings, in the second innings of Bangladesh, Mehdi Hasan (97) made an important partnership with the lower order and took the team to 307. During this, Rabada made the record of taking the fastest 300 wickets by taking 6 wickets.

South Africa needed 106 runs to win in its second innings. The team had some trouble chasing the target, but Tony De Zorzi's 41 and Tristan Stubbs' unbeaten 30 took South Africa to victory.