WTC Points Table update: Pakistan equal Australia at the top after Lahore victory, India slip by a spot

Pakistan were too good for South Africa in the opening Test match of the series at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium as Shan Masood and Co began their campaign in the new World Test Championship (WTC) cycle with a comprehensive victor by 93 runs, after posting a strong first-innings score of 378 on a wicket that was conducive to the spin bowlers. Having been in the bottom half of the WTC points table in the previous three cycles, Pakistan have the opportunity to turn it around this time, with favourable home and away assignments and as they say, well-begun is half the job done.

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