Pakistan's 1st home Test match of the ongoing series ended in a draw. A drawn match between the two lower-half teams of the ongoing 2025-27 World Test Championship (WTC) had very little effect on the standings. After the match, the Pakistan National Cricket Team remains at the 9th spot in the 9-team tournament, and the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team holds the seventh spot in the points table.

After the Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st Test match at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the International Cricket Council (ICC) shared the updated points table on its official social media accounts. Among the nine participating teams, New Zealand is currently leading the points tally.

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st Test ended in a draw

Due to home ground advantage, the Men in Green were considered the strong favorite to win the match. They had previously played well against South Africa and England on their home soil, so expectations were high when they went to Rawalpindi to face Sri Lanka.

After winning the toss, Sri Lankan skipper Kusal Mendis elected to bowl first. It was a typical subcontinent pitch in Rawalpindi, which mostly offered help to the bowlers when the surface was new, and later in the match, batters found it hard to score runs.

The Babar Azam-led Pakistan cricket team registered a total of 434 runs in their first innings. Tayyab Arif, Mohammad Taha, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, and Arafat Minhas scored a half-century each for the home side. Shakeel missed his Test century by seven runs.

Centuries by Dhananjaya de Silva and Kusal Mendis

Sri Lanka replied well with their batting, scoring 446 runs. Dhananjaya de Silva led the counterattack with the bat by scoring 167 runs off 246 balls. He decorated his innings with twenty 4s. The partnership between Silva and Kusal Mendis put the opposing bowlers on the back foot.

Mendis continued with a 119-run knock off 202 balls with ten 4s and four 6s. At one stage of the innings. Sri Lanka lost their three key batters before claiming a three-digit total. With the help of these two centurions and a half-century from Kamindu Mendis, they spiced up the contest.

The visitors took only a 12-run lead, leaving very little time for Pakistan to set them for a huge total. Sri Lankan bowlers supported their batters well in the second innings. They took 8 wickets before the end of Day 5, and the match ended in a draw.

WTC points table after Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st Test

As it is a two-match series, there will be another match between these two teams. The second Test will be between November 17 and November 21 on the same ground.

If Sri Lanka manages to win the match, then it will cause trouble for England, as they will drop to seventh place, with the Lankans capturing sixth place in the WTC points table. As Pakistan is at the bottom of the standings, they will remain unaffected if they lose the next game.