TThe T20i Asia Cup is underway, and Sunday evening, the highly anticipated match between Pakistan and India takes place in Dubai.
India, the title champions of the Asian Cup and led by Suryakumar Yadav, heads for the shock as a favorite, with a solid record of victories of 10-3 against Pakistan in T20is.
India and Pakistan are not foreigners that the spotlights shone on them at world events, especially cricket tournaments.
These two cricket giants have a long -standing competitive history and their meetings are still among the most watched matches in the world.
India holds the upper hand against the Pakistan meetings in Asia, with 10 wins over 18 games both on the ODI and the T20is. During their three games from the Asian T20i Cup, men in blue have a slight advantage, leading 2-1.
Today’s match (Sunday) will be the first between the two T20is competitors since last year’s World Cup match in New York – is that the two teams have left their superstars. India is without the Rohit Sharma retirees, Virat Kohli and Ravira will Jadeja while Pakistan has chosen to move on, without Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Nasem Shah.
Unlike Pakistan, which came out of a regular T20i cricket diet in the last three months, Regning Champions India will play its first T20i from the England series in January.
Pakistan’s surprise potential cannot be underestimated and their chances against India in the promising tournament, especially after winning the Tri-Nation trophy in Sharjah last week.
The main players in Pakistan, such as Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz, should lead the burden of Pakistan, their performances being crucial for the chances of the team. If Pakistan strikers can build substantial totals, their quisors have the ability to defend it.
India has the best record of the male Asian T20 Cup, winning eight of their 10 games. The next ones are the titles defenders Sri Lanka, who won six out of 10. Pakistan is the only other team to have played 10 male games from the Asian T20 Cup, and they won half.
Afghanistan has won four in eight. Bangladesh and the water won three victories of seven games each. Oman won a three -game victory. Hong Kong has not yet recorded a victory in the tournament.
It has been almost 18 years since India and Pakistan clashed in a test match, the ultimate form of cricket, and almost 13 years since one or the other team has ventured on the other side of the border for a bilateral series.
India and Pakistan met for the first time in Asia in the first edition of the tournament in the United Arab Emirates in 1984. India won the match with 54 points. Pakistan was overthrown on 134 while pursuing an easy target of 189.
Since then, Pakistan and India have played 14 games against each other in the Asian Odi Cup.
India has won eight times and Pakistan five times. India also has a dominant head-to-face record against Pakistan in T20i format because they have won six of the nine games they have played so far. Pakistan has remained victorious twice. A match ended without result.
Under the direction of Rohit Sharma, India won the last edition of the tournament in 2023 in Sri Lanka, still reassessing their domination in Asian cricket. Conversely, Pakistan won the Asian Cup twice, with their last Asian Cup championship arriving in Bangladesh in 2012 – more than a decade ago.
Team India has generally been successful in Asian cuts, but green shirts certainly have the potential to overthrow things when it matters.
The result of the Pakistan-Indian match in the Asian 2025 Cup will depend on various factors, including pitch conditions, the form of players and the team strategy. Historically, these meetings have been unpredictable, often swing anyway. While India could have the side statistically, it is now time for Green’s men to leave the previous result against India. The upper order must play its natural game and provide a solid base for the average order to display a massive total.
The first Asian T20 Cup was played in Bangladesh in 2016, weeks of the T20 World Cup in India and the second in 2022 before the T20 World Cup in Australia. With the T20 of next year
World Cup in February-March, this tournament presents the teams a crucial opportunity to finish their combinations in a high-pressure tournament environment.
The 2018 and 2023 editions of the tournament were played in ODI format, in accordance with the World Cups of 50 and 2023.
Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has scored most of the T20 (492) in 11 games against Pakistan so far. It has an average of 70.28, with a typing rate of 123.92. He scored five fifty.
For Pakistan, the former drummer of the Mohammad Rizwan counter was the most successful striker against India in the shortest format with 228 points in five rounds, with an average of 57, the 111.76 strike rate, including two fifty.
India 192-5 in Ahmedabad in 2012 is the score The highest team between the two T20is teams while the green shirts succeeded in their best 182-5 in Dubai in 2022.
India also marked the lowest team (83) the shortest total against Pakistan at the Asian Cup in 2016. Pakistan 113-7 in New York last year is the total the lowest team.
Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 82 against Pakistan in the 2022 World Cup is the highest individual score of any striker in Indo-Pak competitions so far. The 79 Not Out in Dubai of Mohammad Ricewan in 2021 is the best individual score in Pakistan.
Hardy Pandya is the most successful bowling player with 13 counters in seven games, with an average of 12 while Umar Gul took most of the 11 counters in six games with the average of 16.18.
The old Pakistani rhythm Mohammad Asif resumed 4-18 against India at the 2007 T20 World Cup in Durban always the best performance of bowling between the two teams.
It is no longer a surprise when the two teams are grouped during MEGA Events to guarantee at least one India VS Pakistan sales game, but the organizers of the Asian Cup have done one better by trying to release one more match by presenting a super Rabonde style oven. This led the two teams to meet twice during the last three cuts in Asia.
Pakistan and India could compete three times in the current Asian Cup. Their first most defined meeting is in group A today in Dubai. If they both qualify for the Super Four scene, they will meet on September 21 at the same place.
The final of September 28 offers cricket fans the possibility of a match of the third India vs Pakistan in two weeks – if the two teams qualify.
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