T20 World Cup: Ahead of India vs Pakistan clash, a look at numbers, stats

The long-awaited ICC men’s T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan is just a few hours away. In the World Cups, India has maintained a superior record over arch-rivals and how. Yet to be beaten in the ODI or T20I World Cups, India will be going into the match with a 5-0 record against the team that is being led by Babar Azam.

As cricketing fans wait for India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match to begin, let’s take a quick look at the numbers, stats among others:

-This will be the first time India will be playing a T20 World Cup match without MS Dhoni. He still is the only Indian captain to have won the elusive trophy.

–Virat Kohli is yet to be dismissed by Pakistan in a T20 World Cup encounter. He has scores of 78*, 36* and 55*

-Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (1,462 runs with a strike rate of 133.4) and Babar Azam (1,363 runs with a strike rate of 134.7) are the highest run-scorers in T20s in 2021.

-Since July 2019, Pakistan has had the worst balls per six ratio in T20Is (24.9) among the eight teams that directly qualified for Super 12 stage.

–India’s current winning record of 5-0 over Pakistan was the joint longest in the competition. The other is Pakistan over Bangladesh. And until last night, West Indies’ over England.

-No one other than Babar Azam (1,173) has scored more T20I runs in the last three years. Indian captain Virat Kohli is second on the list with 993.

-Since 2018, the Indian cricket team has faced defeats in all 8 T20Is where they posted a first-innings total lower than 160. However, lost 2 out of 11 when they set a target between 161 and 180.

-In the last five completed matches, including the most recent ones, India’s form has been: LLWWW

-In the last five completed matches, including the most recent ones, Pakistan’s form has been: WLLWW

The India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match starts at 7:30PM IST. The toss is at 7:00PM.