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Pakistan suffered a 26-run defeat at the hands of England on Monday at Multan, as Ben Stokes' men lead the three-match Test 2-0.
England registered a historic series win over Pakistan on Monday as the Three Lions prevailed over Babar Azam's men by 26 runs in the second Test in Multan to etch their names in history books. After 22 years, an English team has won a Test series on Pakistan soil, but the duo of Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum continued their winning streak.
After a thrilling finish in Rawalpindi, a similar situation unfolded in Multan as well, with Pakistan needing just 26 runs to win, but Ollie Robinson dismissed the last man standing, Mohammad Ali to seal a historic triumph for his side.
Since McCullum took over, this is the ninth win by England, clearly, their risk-taking approach named 'Bazzball' is doing wonders.
With their latest defeat, Pakistan bowed out of the race to reach the final of World Test Championship 2021-23, as they slipped to sixth place with 42.42% in the updated WTC standings.
Mark Wood destroyed Pakistan's hopes with his fearsome pace and led aggressive England to a sensational 26-run victory inside four days in the second Test.
Pakistan, in pursuit of a challenging victory target of 355, was bowled out for 328 within an hour after lunch on Day 4 to send England into the third match with an insurmountable 2-0 lead in its first Test tour of Pakistan in 17 years.
England won the first Test by 74 runs in dimming light on the last day through the aggressive approach that has now brought them eight victories in their past nine tests under new coach McCullum and captain Stokes.
With inputs from PTI