Credit goes to misbah. When team reached to top slot all credit was given to him. Why not now?

Pakistan reached the peak of mount everest when they became number 1 in test cricket in august and then................. They jumped from there .

PHILOSOPHER(FROM JAPAN) is right, Misbah is responsible for this debacle

@Ayush .....why india never jumped when they lost in both Australia and England by 4-0.

@ A Pakistani_Ireland Because we paid off ICC to hush up the matter...and fudge the rankings calculations. Simple. (By the way, the score line was 1-3 in England)

Why are we so worked up about fractions of points and whether we are number 5 or number 6 in the list? We know that our performance was poor, and it needs to be improved no matter where we are in the list.

@ A Pakistani_Ireland buddy its not just loosing its the way you loose without fighting!!

As expected. ..anything new

@pure ind .....just also check the record of India playing abroad since 2012.... But Pakistan never played any match on its home ground since 2009 buddy

@ A Pakistani_Ireland And will not in the near future...

@Inqelab Zindabad ... you meant to say india will keep enjoying so called victories at home ground only. :) Home ground Zindabad :);):)

@ A Pakistani_Ireland but still we didn't lose 12 tests continuously in AUS.

@ A Pakistani_Ireland please check your stats, after the Australian tour in 2012, India was ranked 5th in ICC test ranking

@ A Pakistani_Ireland how can that be anyone else's mistake?

@Krishna Bhargav ... India won 80% of matches on its home ground while Pakistan never played any match on its home ground in last 8 years..... That's the end of the story.

When Pakistan became no.1 it was because the Indian match was canceled. Then in a few weeks india became no. 1 Besides if the teams deliver a thrilling match everyone wins.

@ A Pakistani_Ireland End of the story is PAK still lose test matches to the likes of WI and ZIM. And more so they lost to WI in UAE.

@ A Pakistani_Ireland Why Pakistan did not play any match at home? Analyse!

@ A Pakistani_Ireland UAE is Pakistan's adopted home ground and pitches are made which suits Pakistan. Stop using this as an excuse, Pakistani players are irresponsible as no-one is asking them questions if they play well. I have been seen same set of players since long time , it feels like there are no new talented players in Pakistan.

@pure ind Oh yeah dead team India who are lion at home and rats in Australia,England.It is known to entire world.Nothing new with them.

@ A Pakistani_Ireland Pakistan all matches are away matches.

At this stage does it matter if we are number 5 or 7. The only positions that matter are 1-3 where we rightly do not belong. What was the purpose of this post to begin with? Can Pak do anything to change that over the next week? should we be praying for NZ to lose or draw? Maybe Dawn has run out of noteworthy news.

@SaraH since 99 pakistan has not won a single test match in Australia..speaks volume itself..go have reality check

Do not compete with NZ, they are better side. PAK team should not below the Bangladesh or Zimbabwe

@ A Pakistani_Ireland as the Home pitches face security problems...

@SaraH -- India have won a World Cup in England and South Africa. India have won a Champions Trophy in England too. India have won Test series in England (1971, 1986 and 2007), SL, West Indies (1970/71, 2006, 2011 and 2016), NZ (1967 and 2009), Zimbabwe, Pakistan (2004) and Bangladesh. India has also drawn a series in South Africa (2010/11) and also drawn a series in Australia (1977/78, 1980/81, 1985/86 and 2003/04). India has done better in Aus, Eng, NZ and SA than other Asian countries. India has won every single ICC trophy - 2 times World Cup winners, 1 time T20 World Cup winner, 2 time Champions Trophy winner (2002 shared, 2013 outright winners) and 6 time Asia Cup winners. India has also won the U-19 World Cup 3 times

@MAHEN ... short memory. ... India never won the the world cup in South Africa

@ A Pakistani_Ireland The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural Twenty20 cricket world championship, contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten Test-playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament: Kenya and Scotland. India won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final.[2]

@MAHEN .. FYI Icc world cup is different than icc T20 ...for your further information Pakistan and india both won icc T20 once

@Syed Actually your statement made some commonsense. Rather than competing with others or others games affecting pak, it is better for them to see how they will emerge in top 3. Even top3 means nothing - anyone can beat anyone. Winning consistently against top teams playing quality games will certainly help. Same applies to Ind/Eng/Aus/SA. It is good to focus on their own games rather than worried about going down the ladder when NZ beat Bangladesh etc

It is not difficult to scale hights,but true strength lies in staying there From no 1 about 5 months back now to 6 Some fast progress even if in reverse gear.

That peak was just for 13 days and that too because india westindes last test match was wash out due to rain and pak got to no.1 by luck of rain gods.After that India are no.1 side for the entire year and will remain same in this year as well even if we loose i series in aus or eng because our rating points are far ahead of other teams.

@ A Pakistani_Ireland T20 World cup 2007 @ South Africa

@pakist_ireland I am sure this indian team will win in australia