India-Pak World Cup: The biggest match of this ODI World Cup i.e. India-Pakistan match will be played tomorrow in Ahmedabad. This match will be held in front of 1.32 lakh spectators. At the same time, around 100 crore people across the world will enjoy this biggest rivalry of cricket on gadgets like TVs, phones, and laptops.
India-Pak World Cup 2023
This will be the eighth meeting of the two teams in the ODI World Cup. India has won all the 7 matches held so far. Next, we will know 5 interesting facts related to India-Pak World Cup matches.
1. India defeated Pakistan in four different countries/continents
India has not only defeated Pakistan in every World Cup but has also defeated Pakistan in four different countries and continents of the world. The first World Cup match between India and Pakistan took place in 1992. After this, these two great teams of Asia played against each other in 1996, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2015 and 2019.
The 1992 and 2015 clashes took place in Australia. The 1996 and 2011 matches were held in India. The 1999 and 2019 matches were played in England. At the same time, the India-Pakistan match of 2003 took place in South Africa. That means India defeated Pakistan in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia.
2. Scored 300+ only Twice
The first clash between India and Pakistan took place in the World Cup in 1992. Since that year, out of 3,969 matches in the ODI format, 846 times teams have scored 300 or more in an innings. Even in the World Cup, since 1992 till now, a score of 300+ has been made 113 times. But, in the 14 innings of 7 World Cup matches between India and Pakistan, a score of 300 or more has been made only 2 times.
The Indian team had scored 300+ while batting first in the 2015 and 2019 World Cups. Cricket experts believe that due to excessive pressure, batsmen are not able to play openly in India-Pak matches and the team total is less than expected.
3. Sachin is the biggest player in the biggest Rivalry
Although many excellent performances have been seen in the India-Pakistan World Cup matches, but Sachin Tendulkar is far ahead of the other players of both teams. Sachin played against Pakistan five times in the ODI World Cup and was player of the match three times. Indian players have been the players of the match in all 7 encounters so far. You can see the complete list in the next picture.
4. Most runs in Sachin’s name, Virat can break the record
Sachin Tendulkar is the top scorer of the India-Pakistan match in the World Cup. He has scored 313 runs in 5 matches. The second name in this list is that of Virat Kohli. Virat has scored 193 runs in 3 matches against Pakistan. If Virat scores 121 runs in the upcoming match, he will break Sachin’s record.
In the match between India and Pakistan(India-Pak World Cup), Pakistan’s top scorer was Saeed Anwar. Anwar has scored 185 runs in 3 matches.
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5. Venkatesh Prasad has taken the most wickets
Venkatesh Prasad has taken the most wickets in the India-Pakistan match in the World Cup. Prasad has 8 wickets in his name in 2 matches. Wahab Riaz of Pakistan and Javagal Srinath of India are at second place. Both have 7-7 wickets in their name. Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya are on top among the active players, both have taken 2-2 wickets in the only match.
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