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#2 Pakistan
Pakistan was granted Test status in 1952 following a recommendation by India and played its first Test match in 1952 against India at Delhi. Pakistan then hosted India in its first home series at Dacca (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) in 1955.
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They made their limited-overs debut against New Zealand at Christchurch on 11th February 1973 and won the 1992 edition of the limited-overs World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand, defeating England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. This was the first World Cup to feature coloured clothing, the first to be held in the southern hemisphere. Pakistan was the runners-up in the 1999 edition, losing to Australia at Lord's after being reduced to a paltry total.
They played their first T20I match against England at Bristol on 28th August 2006. Having been beaten by India in the first T20 World Cup final at Johannesburg in 2007, Pakistan won the second edition of the ICC T20 World Cup beating Sri Lanka
Pakistan has won the Asia Cup twice (2000 and 2012).
As on the date of writing, Pakistan is ranked 7th in Tests, 5th in ODIs and 1st In T20Is.
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