Babar Azam, Virat Kohli
Babar Azam, Virat Kohli. Image credit: DNA

IND vs PAK Head to Head Records, India’s Head to Head Record Against Pakistan – ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Match 16. India are Pakistan are set to face each other in their opening game of ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Both the teams are part of group 2 in the tournament. The IND vs PAK clash will take place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

India won both of their warm-up games in ICC T20 World Cup 2021. In the first game against England, India won by 7 wickets. England posted 188-5 on the scored with 49 and 43 by Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali respectively. Later, India chased the target with 7 wickets. Openers KL Rahul and Ishan Kishan smacked 51 and 70 respectively.

KL Rahul
KL Rahul looked immaculate on the night. (Image: Twitter)

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Australia scored 152-5 against India in the warm-up match. Steve Smith scored 57 runs while Glenn Maxwell smacked 37 runs. Marcus Stoinis scored unbeaten 41 runs. India comfortably chased the target with 9 wickets. KL Rahul hit 39 while Rohit Sharma smacked 60 runs.

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India, T20 World cup 2021
Indian cricket Team [photo: Twitter]
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Pakistan defeated West Indies in their warm-up match but lost to South Africa in ICC T20 World Cup 2021. Pakistan restricted West Indies to 130-7 in the 1st innings. Shimron Hetmyer hit most 28 runs. Later, Babar Azam smacked a half-century while Fakhar Zaman hit unbeaten 46. Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets.

Pakistan National Cricket Team
Pakistan National Cricket Team. Image Source: Twitter

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Against South Africa, Pakistan posted 186-6 in the 1st innings. Fakhar Zaman smacked 52 runs while Asif Ali scored 32. Later, South Africa’s Rassie van der Dussen smacked an unbeaten century to win the match for the team. South Africa eventually won the match by 6 wickets.

IND vs PAK Head to Head Records, India’s Head to Head Record Against Pakistan – ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Match 16
Fakhar Zaman 210* [Image Credit- Getty]
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IND vs PAK Head to Head Records, India’s Head to Head Record Against Pakistan – ICC T20 World Cup 2021 Match 16

IND vs PAK Head-to-Head Records

Stats Matches IND Won PAK Won No Result
Overall 8 7 1 0
At Dubai International Cricket Stadium 0 0 0 0
In the last 5 matches 5 4 1 0
In ICC T20 World Cup 5 5 0 0
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Successful Head-to-Head Records in 1st Batting vs 2nd Batting

Innings IND Won PAK Won
First Batting 3 0
Second Batting 4 1

 

IND vs PAK- Top Players’ Stats 

Stats IND PAK
Highest Individual Score Virat Kohli- 78* Mohammad Hafeez- 61
Best Batting Average Virat Kohli- 84.67 Misbah-Ul-Haq- 48
Most runs  Virat Kohli- 254 Shoaib Malik- 164
Best economy rate Yusuf Pathan- 5.00 Mohammad Amir- 4.14
Most wickets Irfan Pathan- 6 Umar Gul- 11
Best Bowling figures Hardik Pandya- 3/8 Mohammad Asif- 4/18

 

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