What happens to WCL 2025 points table after IND vs PAK match cancelled? Where do India & Pakistan stand?
Into its second edition, the India vs Pakistan clash is one of the major crowd-pullers of WCL. Last year, India played Pakistan twice. While they lost in the group stages, India defeated Pakistan in the final, winning by five wickets to lift the inaugural trophy under captain Yuvraj Singh.
Two-time World Cup winner, Yuvraj is leading India Champions in WCL 2025, which also features Dhawan, Harbhajan Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina, Robin Uthappa and Varun Aaron among others.
For Pakistan, the Men in Green have Shahid Afridi as captain, alongside the likes of Younis Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal and Kamran Akmal among notable names.
With the match cancelled, both India and Pakistan got one point each. As a result, Pakistan go on top of the WCL 2025 points table with three points from two matches. Pakistan have won their campaign opener against England. India stand third with one point from one game. Team Matches Win Loss NR Points NRR Pakistan Champions 2 1 0 1 3 +0.250 South Africa Champions 1 1 0 0 2 +0.091 Australia Champions 1 0 0 1 1 0.000 India Champions 1 0 0 1 1 0.000 England Champions 2 0 1 1 1 -0.250 West Indies Champions 1 0 1 0 0 -0.091
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