IND vs PAK: In the history of the T20 World Cup, the Pakistan team has been able to win only one match against India. Apart from the 2021 T20 World Cup, India has defeated Pakistan every time. The schedule of T20 World Cup 2024 has been released. In this tournament to be held in the West Indies and America, the Indian team has been placed in Group A with Pakistan.
These are the two big teams in this group. Apart from these, it will be difficult for Ireland, Canada, and America to win any match against these two teams. However, the match between India and Pakistan has always been very special. These two arch-rivals have not been playing bilateral series for the last decade. In such a situation, matches between the two teams take place only in ICC or ACC tournaments.
Let us know what has happened when both the teams have faced each other in the T20 World Cup before.
IND vs PAK: 2007 T20 World Cup
1. India beats Pakistan in a bowl-out
The first T-20 World Cup was played in 2007. Already in the 10th match of the group stage of the World Cup, both the teams had come face to face. Then Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and decided to bowl first. India batted first and thanks to Robin Uthappa’s half-century, scored 141 runs for nine wickets in 20 overs.
In response, the Pakistan team could only score 141 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs. Misbah ul Haq had scored the highest score of 53 runs. At that time there was no Super Over, instead ball outs were played. In which the bowlers from both teams had to hit the wicket five times one by one.
From India, Virender Sehwag, Robin Uthappa, and Harbhajan Singh hit the wicket and were successful. Whereas from the Pakistan side, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat, and Shahid Afridi missed and India won the match.
2007 T20 World Cup
2. Final: India became champion by defeating Pakistan by five runs
IND vs PAK: After the group stage, both the teams also faced each other in the final. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Gautam Gambhir’s 75 runs on 54 balls and Rohit Sharma’s 30* runs on 16 balls, India scored a total of 157 runs after losing five wickets in 20 overs.
In response, Pakistan’s top-order batsmen collapsed. Pakistan team had no success in front of Rudra Pratap Singh, Irfan Pathan, and Joginder Sharma. The Pakistani team had lost nine wickets for 141 runs. However, Misbah-ul-Haq was still at the crease. In the last over, the Pakistan team needed 13 runs to win.
Dhoni made a move and gave the ball into the hands of Joginder Sharma. Misbah hit a six on the second ball of the over. On the third ball, he tried to hit a big shot on fine leg, but due to the low speed of the ball, the ball could not cross the boundary line and went into the hands of Sreesanth. India won this match by five runs.
2012 T20 World Cup
3. India defeated Pakistan by eight wickets
After India became the world champion, Pakistan was also not going to remain silent. The Pak team became the champion in the second edition of this tournament. In this, he did not face India. At the same time, both teams did not clash in the 2010 World Cup. In 2012, India and Pakistan competed in the Super-8 round. Batting first, the Pakistan team was all out for 128 runs.
In reply, the Indian team achieved the target in the 17th over. Virat Kohli remained not out after scoring 78 runs on 61 balls. Virender Sehwag played an unbeaten inning of 29 runs and Yuvraj Singh played an unbeaten inning of 19 runs.
2014 T20 World Cup
4. Group Stage: India defeated Pakistan by seven wickets
India once again faced Pakistan in the 2014 T-20 World Cup. After losing the toss and batting first, Pakistan scored 130 runs in 20 overs. In reply, India achieved the target in 18.3 overs. Virat played an inning of 36 runs and Suresh Raina played an inning of 35 runs.
2016 T20 World Cup
5. Super 10: India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets
In 2016, both teams faced each other in the Super-10 round. Due to rain, the match was reduced to 18 overs only. Batting first, Pakistan scored 118 runs. In reply, Team India lost three wickets for 23 runs. After this, Virat scored 55 not out runs on 37 balls and Yuvraj scored 24 runs on 23 balls and won the match by six wickets.
2021 T20 World Cup
6. Super-12: Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets
In 2021, both teams faced each other in the T20 World Cup after five years and Pakistan won against India for the first time. India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start and the Indian team lost three important wickets in the power play itself.
Thanks to captain Kohli’s half-century, India scored 151 runs. Chasing an easy target, Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan played brilliantly and returned after giving victory to their team. Rizwan scored 79 not out and Babar scored 68 not out. Pakistan won this match by 10 wickets.
2022 T20 World Cup
7. 2022 Super-12: India defeated Pakistan by four wickets
India defeated Pakistan by four wickets in the Super-12 match of the T20 World Cup. Batting first in the match played in Melbourne, Pakistan scored 159 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. In reply, India won the match by scoring 160 runs for six wickets in 20 overs.
Virat Kohli was the hero of Team India’s victory. He played an unbeaten inning of 82 runs in 53 balls with the help of six fours and four sixes. During this period his strike rate was 154.72. Kohli was chosen player of the match for this innings.
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