India vs Pakistan matches have always been exciting for numerous reasons. We bet no other rivals attract the number of people as India vs Pakistan does. The Asia Cup match between the two most celebrated rivals will be played in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The match between the two has always gathered attention and so is it doing this time.
Asia cup has debuted with the T-20 format this year and it would be interesting to see how the match turns eventually. To spark up your excitement of the match, let us brief you with some statistics.
As far as the Asia Cup is considered, India have lifted the trophy 5 times and Pakistan only twice. The remarkable thing to note here is that India and Pakistan have never faced each other in the finals of any of the 12 editions of the Asia Cup. Although, India and Pakistan have faced each other 10 times in the Asia cup. Let us have a look at the scorecard:
- April 13, 1984 – India won by 54 runs in Sharjah
- October 31, 1988 – India won by 4 wickets in Dhaka
- April 7, 1995 – India lost by 97 runs in Sharjah
- June 3, 2000 – India lost by 44 runs in Dhaka
- July 25, 2004 – India lost by 59 runs in Colombo
- June 26, 2008 – India won by 6 wickets in Karachi
- July 2, 2008 – India lost by 8 wickets in Karachi
- June 19, 2010 – India won by 3 wickets in Dambulla
- March 18, 2012 – India won by 6 wickets in Dhaka
- March 2, 2014 – India lost by 1 wicket in Dhaka.
Isn’t that bizarre that both have an equal number of wins against each other? They definitely are a tough competition to each other.
The wait ends on 27 February 2016. Let’s see these two colossal teams batting it out with each other when the strengths are equally exciting. Comment below and let us know who do you think would win Saturday’s Match, India or Pakistan?
