The first clash between India and Pakistan in the modern
format of cricket – T20 – was in the ICC World T20 2007 at Durban, South
Africa. And the match got to end with none of the teams winning! Yes, the match
was tied. Bowl-Out, the decider of tied matches, was played and India won on
the same basis. With this, India continued their streak of never losing to
Pakistan in World Cups (both ODIs and T20Is). India also defeated Pakistan by a
mere 5 runs in the final of the same
tournament to lift the inaugural T2o World Cup.
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Both teams once again met in the ICC World T20, this time 5
years later, in Sri Lanka in 2012. India held the upper hand once again and the
result was the same which began in the 1992 World Cup. 3 months later they
played a T20 bilateral series of 2 matches in India which ended in a draw 1-1.
Now, India in the way to continue their winning streak
against the neighbouring oppositions and the oppositions searching for a way to
end the streak, they meet in the first match of Super-10 stage of the ICC World
T20 in Bangladesh.
Overall, Pakistan has a better record against India in both
the other formats – Test & ODI.
Pakistan vs
India: Head to Head in all formats
|
Format
|
Total Matches
|
Won by India
|
Won by Pakistan
|
Tied
|
Drawn
|
No-result
|
|
Tests
|
59
|
9
|
12
|
0
|
38
|
-
|
|
ODIs
|
126
|
50
|
72
|
0
|
-
|
4
|
|
T20Is
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
0
|
Results of the T20I
matches between the teams:
|
Date
|
Venue
|
India
|
Pakistan
|
Result
|
|
14-Sep-07
|
Durban
|
141/9 (20)
|
141/7 (20)
|
Tied (India won the bowl-out)
|
|
24-Sep-07
|
Johannesburg
|
157/5 (20)
|
152/10 (19.3)
|
India won by 5 runs
|
|
30-Sep-12
|
Colombo (RPS)
|
129/2 (17)
|
128/10 (19.4)
|
India won by 8 wickets
|
|
25-Dec-12
|
Bangalore
|
133/9 (20)
|
134/5 (19.4)
|
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
|
|
28-Dec-12
|
Ahmedabad
|
192/5 (20)
|
181/7 (20)
|
India won by 11 runs
|
Man of the Match
awardees:
|
Date
|
Man of the Match
|
Runs
|
Bowling
|
Catches
|
|
14-Sep-07
|
Mohammad Asif
|
-
|
4/18 (4)
|
-
|
|
24-Sep-07
|
Irfan Pathan
|
3* (3)
|
3/16 (4)
|
-
|
|
30-Sep-12
|
Virat Kohli
|
78* (61)
|
1/21 (3)
|
-
|
|
25-Dec-12
|
Mohammad Hafeez *
|
61 (44)
|
0/12 (2)
|
-
|
|
28-Dec-12
|
Yuvraj Singh
|
72 (36)
|
1/23 (2)
|
-
|
*-Captain
Captains:
MS Dhoni has been India’s captain in all the 5 meetings
between the two sides. Whereas for Pakistan, 2 matches were skippered by Shoaib
Malik in the 2007 World Cup and the rest of the 3 matches in 2012 were
skippered by Mohammad Hafeez.
MS Dhoni and Mohammad Hafeez will be facing each other in
the super-10 match in this world cup.
Half-Centuries by
batsmen:
|
Runs
|
Batsman
|
Fours
|
Sixes
|
Venue
|
Date
|
Result
|
|
50 (39)
|
Robin Uthappa
|
4
|
2
|
Durban
|
14-Sep-07
|
Won
|
|
53 (35)
|
Misbah-ul-Haq
|
7
|
1
|
Durban
|
14-Sep-07
|
Lost
|
|
75 (54)
|
Gautam Gambhir
|
8
|
2
|
Johannesburg
|
24-Sep-12
|
Won
|
|
78* (61)
|
Virat Kohli
|
8
|
2
|
Colombo (RPS)
|
30-Sep-12
|
Won
|
|
61 (44)
|
Mohammad Hafeez
|
6
|
2
|
Bangalore
|
25-Dec-12
|
Won
|
|
57* (50)
|
Shoaib Malik
|
3
|
3
|
Bangalore
|
25-Dec-12
|
Won
|
|
72 (36)
|
Yuvraj Singh
|
4
|
7
|
Ahmedabad
|
28-Dec-12
|
Won
|
|
55 (26)
|
Mohammad Hafeez
|
6
|
3
|
Ahmedabad
|
28-Dec-12
|
Lost
|
Most Sixes:
8 – Yuvraj
Singh
5 –
Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez
3 – Gautam Gambhir,
Shoaib Malik
Most Fours:
14 – Gautam
Gambhir
13 – Mohammad
Hafeez
12 – Virat
Kohli
9 – Ajinkya
Rahane, Shoaib Malik
Best Bowling
figures:
There have been only 2 4-wicket hauls between the two
teams in T20Is and 7 other 3-wicket hauls.
4/18 – Mohammad Asif, Durban, 14 Sep 2007
(Won)
4/37 – Umar Gul, Ahmedabad, 28 Dec 2012 (Lost)
Economy Rates in
an inning:
|
Best Economy
Rates in an inning (Min. 3 overs)
|
Worst Economy Rates in an inning
(Min.3 overs)
|
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|
Eco
|
Figures
|
Bowler
|
Date
|
Eco
|
Figures
|
Bowler
|
Date
|
|
2.25
|
3/9 (4)
|
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
|
25-Dec-12
|
12.0
|
0/36 (3)
|
Harbhajan Singh
|
24-Sep-07
|
|
4.00
|
3/16 (4)
|
Irfan pathan
|
24-Sep-12
|
11.5
|
1/46 (4)
|
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
|
28-Dec-12
|
|
4.00
|
2/16 (4)
|
Ravichandran Ashwin
|
30-Sep-12
|
11.0
|
1/44 (4)
|
S Sreesanth
|
24-Sep-12
|
|
4.50
|
4/18 (4)
|
Mohammad Asif
|
14-Sep-07
|
11.0
|
0/44 (4)
|
Sohail Tanvir
|
28-Dec-12
|
|
4.50
|
1/18 (4)
|
Sohail Tanvir
|
14-Sep-07
|
11.0
|
0/33 (3)
|
Shahid Afridi
|
28-Dec-12
|
Top Partnerships:
There have been only one 100+ partnership in the 5 T20I
matches between the two sides. It is the 106 runs stand between Hafeez and
Malik for the 4th at Bangalore to successfully chase target of 133.
Yuvraj Singh/MS Dhoni’s 97-run partnership for 4th
wicket at Ahmedabad is the second best partnership.
Fielding and
Wicket-Keeping:
Suresh Raina, Umar Gul, Shoaib Malik and Rohit Sharma
have taken 3 catches each which is the most.
In all the 5 matches between the two sides, the
wicketkeepers have remained the same – MS Dhoni & Kamran Akmal. The former
dismissed 7 batsmen (including a stumping) while the latter got 3 Indian
batsmen dismissed, all caught.
Some Records and
Milestones to aim for the players in the match:
# Indian skipper, MS Dhoni, will be looking to get a
half-century as he hasn’t got one in the 43 T20I matches he has played so far.
His highest score is 48* vs Australia at Sydney in Feb 2012.
# Virat Kohli needs 58 more runs to complete 8000 runs in
International matches for India. Only 12 Indians have got to the feat so far.
# Shahid Afridi needs one wicket to reach 500 wickets in
International cricket. Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis are the only
Pakistan players to reach this landmark in their career.
# Mohammad Hafeez needs three wickets to reach 200
wickets in International Cricket.
# If, India loses this match; MS Dhoni will become the
Indian captain with most number of defeats in International Cricket. Currently
he is tied on 90 defeats with Mohammad Hafeez.
What Next?
Pakistan have reached into Semi-Finals in each of the 4
previous editions of ICC World T20 and will be looking to begin their campaign
with a win and ofcourse they will be in concern to somehow break the streak of
losing to India in World Cups.
India haven’t reached the Semi-Finals since their
inaugural world cup in 2007 and with West Indies and Australia being the other
2 in-form teams in the group, they will be thinking to start off the World Cup
with a positive result.
And, by the way, both the teams won one and lost one of
their 2 warm-up matches so far.
Pakistan’s last 5
T20Is: Lost, Won, Won, Won, Lost
India’s last 5
T20Is: Won, Won, Lost, Lost, Won
India are the only team to play less than 50 T20Is among
the top 8 teams while with 78 matches, Pakistan has played the most number of
matches in T20Is.
So, another classical India vs Pakistan match on the
way..
