Do you know that the final time Pakistan beat India within the Asia Cup (ODIs), it was by the narrowest of margins doable?
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India vs Pakistan: Who has the sting within the Asia Cup conflict?
As India and Pakistan get able to go toe to toe once more for Asian supremacy, TimesofIndia.com right here takes a have a look at a number of the most attention-grabbing statistics from this storied rivalry within the Asia Cup within the One Day format:
# India and Pakistan have contested 13 matches within the Asia Cup. India have received seven and misplaced 5 out of 13 performed (NR 1).
# Within the historical past of the Asia Cup (ODIs), the highest three matches by way of strike price, excluding extras, characteristic India and Pakistan – 107.47 (Mirpur – March 18, 2012); 104.33 (Karachi – June 26, 2008) & 103.81 (Karachi – July 2, 2008).
# Of the final 5 matches between the 2 groups, India have received 4 (and misplaced one) – by three wickets at Dambulla on June 19, 2010; by six wickets at Mirpur on March 18, 2012; by eight wickets on September 19 & by 9 wickets on September 23 – each at Dubai (DSC) in 2018.
# India’s convincing triumph by 9 wickets at Dubai (DSC) on September 23, 2018 stays their largest vs Pakistan in ODIs. India’s eight-wicket win with 126 balls to spare at Dubai (DSC) on September 19, 2018 stays their largest with so many balls to spare vs Pakistan in ODIs.
# Pakistan’s final win towards India within the Asia Cup was by one wicket with two balls remaining at Mirpur on March 2, 2014. Shahid Afridi (34 not out off 18 balls) was instrumental in Pakistan’s win by hitting two sixes off the third and fourth balls of Ravichandran Ashwin’s over.
# Pakistan have managed three totals of 300-plus towards India within the Asia Cup – their highest being 329 for six at Mirpur on March 18, 2022. They nonetheless misplaced the match as India chased efficiently – 330 for 4.
# Mohammad Hafeez (105) and Nasir Jamshed (112) scored tons of for Pakistan towards India at Mirpur on March 18, 2012 – the one occasion for Pakistan when each the openers posted centuries within the Asia Cup.
# Virat Kohli stays the one batter to hit two tons of in profitable chases within the Asia Cup – 183 vs Pakistan at Mirpur on March 18, 2012 and 136 vs Bangladesh at Fatullah on February 26, 2014.
# Kohli’s career-best innings of 183 off 148 balls stays the very best by any batter within the Asia Cup.
# Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed had managed 224 runs for the primary wicket for Pakistan towards India at Mirpur on March 18, 2012 – the very best stand for any wicket by any pair within the Asia Cup.
# Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma had been related in a stand of 210 at Dubai (DSC) on September 23, 2018 – India’s highest opening stand within the Asia Cup in addition to the very best by any pair for any wicket towards Pakistan within the Asia Cup.
# Dhawan (114) and Rohit (111 not out) present the one occasion of Indian openers scoring centuries in the identical innings within the aforesaid Asia Cup fixture.
# Arshad Ayub’s career-best ODI figures of 5 for 21 had been achieved within the Asia Cup vs Pakistan at Dhaka on October 31, 1988. His splendid figures stay the perfect by an Indian bowler within the Asia Cup other than the perfect by any bowler vs Pakistan. Lasith Malinga is the one bowler to provide three five-wicket hauls towards them – one every at Dambulla (2010), Fatullah (2014) & Mirpur (2014).
# Rohit Sharma has managed 367 runs at a median of 73.40, together with 100 and 4 fifties, in eight innings, at a strike price of 92.91 – probably the most by any batter towards Pakistan within the Asia Cup.
# Rohit Sharma stays the one batter to hit 4 successive fifty-plus innings towards Pakistan within the Asia Cup – the sequence being 68 on March 18, 2012; 56 on March 2, 2014 (each at Mirpur); 52 on September 19 & 111 not out on September 23 (each at Dubai (DSC) in 2018).
# Aaqib Javed’s glorious figures of 5 for 19 at Sharjah on April 7, 1995 are the perfect by a Pakistani bowler towards India within the Asia Cup. He stays the one Pakistani bowler to provide a five-wicket haul towards India within the Asia Cup.
# One Asia Cup match involving India (143/6) and Pakistan (142) didn’t witness even a single six – Dhaka on October 31, 1988
# Pakistan’s largest win by way of runs towards India within the Asia Cup was by 97 runs at Sharjah on April 7, 1995.
# The final seven Asia Cup matches involving India and Pakistan resulted in wins for the group chasing.
# Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik stays the one all-rounder to publish a century and produce two wickets in the identical Asia Cup match – 118 & four for 19 vs Hong Kong at Colombo (SSC) on July 18, 2004 and 143 & 2 for 42 vs India at Colombo (RPS) on July 25, 2004.
Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar