Pakistan's shocking defeat in Christchurch Test, New Zealand's clean sweep|New Zealand became the number one Test team for the first time Defeating Pakistan,

 New Zealand became the number one Test team for the first time Defeating Pakistan,

New Zealand has become the number one team for the first time by defeating Pakistan in the Christchurch Test.

According to the latest team rankings released by the ICC, the New Zealand team has advanced to first place by defeating Pakistan. New Zealand has 118 points while Australia has 116 points.

New Zealand's clean sweep Humiliating defeat to Pakistan in the second Test,

According to the International Cricket Council, Australia has slipped one place to second, while India is third.

Pakistan is ranked ninth in the Test rankings, Afghanistan ninth, and Bangladesh tenth.

In the Christchurch Test, the Pakistani batting line once again failed miserably. In the first innings, the entire team was bowled out for 297 runs in which Azhar Ali scored 93, captain Mohammad Rizwan 61 and Faheem Ashraf 48 while the other batsmen were successful. Shaun Masood 0, Abid Ali 25, Haris Sohail 1, Fawad Alam 2 were the guests in the arms. For New Zealand, Kyle Jameson took 5 wickets, Tim Southee and Trent Bolt took 2 wickets each.

New Zealand made a mountain of runs in their first innings thanks to a double century by captain Kane Williamson, Kane Williamson 238, Henry Nichols 157, and Daryl Mitchell 102 runs. Later, after scoring 659 runs, the Kiwis declared the innings and took a lead of 362 runs, ahead of which the national team looked helpless and the entire team could only score 186 runs.

National team opener Shaun Masood lost his wicket on the third day without opening the account again, but on the fourth day, Pakistani batsmen forgot to bat in front of the Kiwi bowlers. Abid Ali 26, Haris Sohail 15, Azhar Ali 37, Captain Muhammad Rizwan 10, Fawad Alam 16, Fahim Ashraf 28, Zafar Gohar 37 runs were scored.

Kyle Jamieson took 6 wickets in the innings and 11 wickets in the match, for which he was named Man of the Match while Captain Ken Williamson was named Man of the Series.

It may be recalled that Pakistan lost the Mount Mangunai Test by 101 runs.