India and Pakistan are set to face each other in their opening game of ICC T20 World Cup 2021 on Sunday at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India won against Australia and England while Pakistan defeated West Indies but lost to South Africa in the warm-up games of the ICC T20 World Cup 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India and Pakistan have faced each other in 5 matches in ICC T20 World Cup in which India have won 4 whereas Pakistan have come out victorious on 0 occasion and 1 match was ended up with tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first T20 World Cup in 2007, India and Pakistan were together in Group D where India won 3\u20130 in a ball-out after the match was tied. However, later in the final, India defeated Pakistan by 5 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this, in the practice match held in 2009, India defeated Pakistan by nine wickets. Apart from this,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India-Pakistan did not face each other in 2009, 2010 T20 World Cup but in the 2012, India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in super-8 match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in Super-10 match of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2014 while in 2016 India again defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India has lifted the inaugural T20 World Cup trophy in 2007 while Pakistan won the title in 2009 in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the ICC T20I rankings, India and Pakistan are ranked and second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India vs Pakistan match, the mother of all clashes, will be played today after more than two years and in T20Is after four years. Last time, the two arch-rivals were met in March 2016 in the T20 World Cup and India won the game comprehensively chasing down a score of 119 in just 16 overs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahead of the India vs Pakistan clash, here is the overall head-to-head record between the two rivals<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Matches Played: 8, India: 7 wins, Pakistan: 1 win<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some other stats<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Highest Individual Score<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virat Kohli- 78*<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M. Hafeez- 61<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Batting Average\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virat Kohli- 84.67\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Misbah- 48.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most runs <\/strong> Virat Kohli- 254 Shoaib Malik- 164<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best economy rate\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yusuf Pathan- 5.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M. Amir- 4.14<\/p>\n\n\n\n