Did you know that the two arch-rivals – India and Pakistan actually played an entire Asia Cup ODI match without a single six being hit by either team?
Did you know that the last time Pakistan beat India in the Asia Cup (ODIs), it was by the narrowest of margins possible?

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India vs Pakistan: Who has the edge in the Asia Cup clash?

As India and Pakistan get ready to go toe to toe again for Asian supremacy, TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at some of the most interesting statistics from this storied rivalry in the Asia Cup in the One Day format:
# India and Pakistan have contested thirteen matches in the Asia Cup. India have won seven and lost five out of 13 played (NR 1).
# In the history of the Asia Cup (ODIs), the top three matches in terms of strike rate, excluding extras, feature India and Pakistan – 107.47 (Mirpur – March 18, 2012); 104.33 (Karachi – June 26, 2008) & 103.81 (Karachi – July 2, 2008).

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# Of the last five matches between the two teams, India have won four (and lost one) – by 3 wickets at Dambulla on June 19, 2010; by six wickets at Mirpur on March 18, 2012; by 8 wickets on September 19 & by 9 wickets on September 23 – both at Dubai (DSC) in 2018.
# India’s convincing triumph by 9 wickets at Dubai (DSC) on September 23, 2018 remains their biggest vs Pakistan in ODIs. India’s eight-wicket win with 126 balls to spare at Dubai (DSC) on September 19, 2018 remains their largest with so many balls to spare vs Pakistan in ODIs.
# Pakistan’s last win against India in the Asia Cup was by one wicket with two balls remaining at Mirpur on March 2, 2014. Shahid Afridi (34 not out off 18 balls) was instrumental in Pakistan’s win by hitting two sixes off the third and fourth balls of Ravichandran Ashwin’s over.

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# Pakistan have managed three totals of 300-plus against India in the Asia Cup – their highest being 329 for six at Mirpur on March 18, 2022. They still lost the match as India chased successfully – 330 for four.
# Mohammad Hafeez (105) and Nasir Jamshed (112) scored hundreds for Pakistan against India at Mirpur on March 18, 2012 – the only instance for Pakistan when both the openers posted centuries in the Asia Cup.
# Virat Kohli remains the only batter to hit two hundreds in successful chases in the Asia Cup – 183 vs Pakistan at Mirpur on March 18, 2012 and 136 vs Bangladesh at Fatullah on February 26, 2014.
# Kohli’s career-best innings of 183 off 148 balls remains the highest by any batter in the Asia Cup.

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# Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed had managed 224 runs for the first wicket for Pakistan against India at Mirpur on March 18, 2012 – the highest stand for any wicket by any pair in the Asia Cup.
# Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma were associated in a stand of 210 at Dubai (DSC) on September 23, 2018 – India’s highest opening stand in the Asia Cup as well as the highest by any pair for any wicket against Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
# Dhawan (114) and Rohit (111 not out) provide the only instance of Indian openers scoring centuries in the same innings in the aforesaid Asia Cup fixture.
# Arshad Ayub’s career-best ODI figures of 5 for 21 were accomplished in the Asia Cup vs Pakistan at Dhaka on October 31, 1988. His splendid figures remain the best by an Indian bowler in the Asia Cup apart from the best by any bowler vs Pakistan. Lasith Malinga is the only bowler to produce three five-wicket hauls against them – one each at Dambulla (2010), Fatullah (2014) & Mirpur (2014).

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# Rohit Sharma has managed 367 runs at an average of 73.40, including a hundred and four fifties, in eight innings, at a strike rate of 92.91 – the most by any batter against Pakistan in the Asia Cup.
# Rohit Sharma remains the only batter to hit four successive fifty-plus innings against Pakistan in the Asia Cup – the sequence being 68 on March 18, 2012; 56 on March 2, 2014 (both at Mirpur); 52 on September 19 & 111 not out on September 23 (both at Dubai (DSC) in 2018).
# Aaqib Javed’s excellent figures of 5 for 19 at Sharjah on April 7, 1995 are the best by a Pakistani bowler against India in the Asia Cup. He remains the only Pakistani bowler to produce a five-wicket haul against India in the Asia Cup.
# One Asia Cup match involving India (143/6) and Pakistan (142) did not witness even a single six – Dhaka on October 31, 1988
# Pakistan’s biggest win in terms of runs against India in the Asia Cup was by 97 runs at Sharjah on April 7, 1995.
# The last seven Asia Cup matches involving India and Pakistan resulted in wins for the team chasing.
# Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik remains the only all-rounder to post a century and produce two wickets in the same Asia Cup match – 118 & 4 for 19 vs Hong Kong at Colombo (SSC) on July 18, 2004 and 143 & 2 for 42 vs India at Colombo (RPS) on July 25, 2004.
Stats Courtesy: Rajesh Kumar





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