The epic rivalry between India and Pakistan will be on show for the 200th time in international cricket when the two teams lock horns in T20 World Cup
The mother of all clashes, the epic rivalry between arch-rivals, India and Pakistan is set to resume on Sunday, October 24 in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021. The absence of bilateral series has increased the significance of the matches between the two nations in ICC and Asian events, who by the luck of the draw meet in every single one of them.
India and Pakistan will lock horns after two years since the 2019 Cricket World Cup but haven't met each other in T20Is for more than five and a half years. They last met in March 2016 in the T20 World Cup and India won the game comprehensively chasing down a score of 119 inside 16 overs. It was a spectacular bowling performance led by Ashish Nehra, Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja to restrict Pakistan to just 118 runs in the match played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The game on Sunday will be played on the same surface on which England annihilated West Indies in Dubai and although it played a little slow and low, it is expected to be a low-scoring thriller as it will be a contest between two well-rounded and well-matched sides.
Before the game, let's take a look at some of the key stats of this clash in the T20I World Cup and overall in international cricket:
5 - India have beaten Pakistan on all five occasions in the T20 world cup, the two sides have met and the men in bluw will be looking to continue their domination.
- Durban 2007 - Match tied, India won in bowl-out
- Johannesburg (2007 World T20 final) - India won by 5 runs
- Colombo 2012 - India won by 8 wickets
- Dhaka 2014 - India won by 7 wickets
- Kolkata 2016 - India won by 6 wickets
7 - India and Pakistan have faced each other eight times in T20Is and the former have won seven out of them, while Pakistan have won just one.
3 - Team India skipper Virat Kohli has played three T20s against Pakistan and hasn't been dismissed even once. With returns of 78* (61) in 2012, 36* (32) in 2014 and 55* (37) in 2016, Kohli has scored 169 runs in three innings against Pakistan in the shortest format
200 - The arch-rivals have played 199 games against each other across all formats and Sunday's match will be the 200th game between the two. Pakistan are ahead overall in head-to-head with 86 wins, while India have won 70 games, 43 out of them have been drawn/tie/NR.
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