Pakistan- India: cricket
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Most memorable matches: 1985-2011
The Times of India, Jun 04 2017 As the arch-rivals clash in the Champions Trophy today, Avijit Ghosh looks back at five encounters that became part of cricketing folklore
IMRAN VS INDIA Mar 22, 1985 | Sharjah
Imran Khan is unplayable.When the paceman is finished, his figures read 102-14-6. All out for 125, India too look like they're finished in the Rothman's Cup final.But these are Kapil's Devils 2.0. Playing with a spirit best explained in Bob Dylan's line -when you ain't got nothing, you got nothing to lose -India send Pakistan packing for 87. One of the finest fightbacks ever.
MIANDAD'S MOMENT Apr 18, 1986 | Sharjah
To this day, the moment remains vivid. Chetan Sharma runs up to bowl the game's last delivery to Javed Miandad. The intended yorker morphs into a full toss. The bat comes down in a flurry of motion. The ball disappears out of sight. Bat raised, Miandad runs in ecstasy. Pakistani supporters invade the ground. And a twisted knife enters the heart of Indian fans and stays there a long time.
JADEJA'S DAY OUT Mar 9, 1996 | Bangalore
Pakistan have the more rounded team. They are cockier too. India, despite home advantage and a decent start, seem to lack the firepower to hustle them in the slog overs.Then, out of nowhere, comes Ajay Jadeja with his turbo charge. His flaying of Waqar Younis has India in delight. In all, Jadeja played 196 ODIS, but for many Indians that 45 off 25 balls is his entire career.
SACHIN BLASTS `EM Mar 1, 2003 | Centurion
Sachin Tendulkar may have smashed a hundred tons 51 in Tests and 49 in ODIs. But for many cricket lovers, the knock where he finished two runs short is the unforgettable one. Chasing Pakistan's 273 and facing their fearsome pace trio Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoiab Akhtar the masterblaster booms like cannons in Tchaikovsky's 1812.An upper cut for six is the piece de resistance. By the time he is gone, 98 off 75 balls, Pakistan is brutalised, broken. An Indian victory is still almost 100 runs away, but they are too deflated and demoralised to notice it.
SEHWAG'S JOYRIDE Mar 30, 2011 | Mohali
Dropped four times by butter-fingered Pakistanis, Tendulkar scores 85 and claims man of the match later. But Viru's mauling of Pakistan's frontline paceman Umar Gul is the World Cup semi-final's iconic moment. Sehwag flicks, cuts and drives, smashing five fours in the game's third over. The 20-run over establishes India's psychological dominance. The visitors never recover.b
ODIs
IANS | Feb 12, 2015 India vs Pakistan: World Cup history
The two neighbours have a rich history of fierce battles on the cricket ground and each encounter sees partisan feelings rise to a feverish pitch. While Pakistan enjoy a considerable advantage in the overall One-Day International (ODI) head-to-head count, claiming 72 of the 126 battles.
India possess a 5-0 scoreline in the World Cup matches.
2007
World Twenty20 final
HIGHLIGHTS
India defended a total of 157 against Pakistan in the final
With 6 required to win, Misbah paddled Joginder Sharma only to miscue the shot and find Sreesanth at short fine leg
The win marked the emrgence of MS Dhoni as India's quintessential leader
ICC Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston will be the first between India and Pakistan since 2008, and the first time the two storied rivals will clash at the summit of an ICC-organised ODI event. Prior to this, the only times they have met in an ICC final was the 2007 World Twenty20, when MS Dhoni's fledgling team won an epic in Johannesburg.
Ahead of Sunday's blockbuster, TOI Sports recaps some India v Pakistan classics. In our fourth instalment, we look back at September 24, 2007 when India edged a T20 nail-biter.
The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 changed the landscape of T20 cricket with India going from outsiders - they barely had a domestic T20 setup owing to the BCCI's apathy towards the format - to lifting the title at a packed Wanderers after beating arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs in an epic final. Gautam Gambhir was the star with the bat for India, hitting 75 off 54 balls to get the total to 157/5 against a spirited Pakistan performance in the field, but Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 16-ball 30 proved a crucial cameo.
RP Singh struck early with the wickets of Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal, and Irfan was excellent with figures of 3/16 in his quota as India applied the squeeze. Once again it was Misbah-ul-Haq left with the task of taking Pakistan to an improbable win, and with 54 needed from 24 balls with three wickets in hand he almost did. Almost. After hitting Harbhajan Singh for three sixes in the 17th over, Misbah appeared at his unflappable best until the final over.
After much thinking, Dhoni put faith in Joginder Sharma for the last six balls, from which Pakistan required 13.
The first ball was a wide; the second a full toss which Misbah put away for six. The Pakistan fans at the ground were jubilant, the Indian supporters crestfallen. That's when Misbah walked across his stumps to paddle Joginder to fine leg, only to miscue the shot and find Sreesanth lurking at short fine leg. The second Sreesanth took the catch, The Wanderers exploded.
India-Pakistan matches deliberately arranged: ICC
The Times of India, June 2, 2016
The International Cricket Council ( ICC ) has admitted that it deliberately tries to put India and Pakistan in the same group at world events as it is hugely important for the success of tournaments.
"No doubt we want to try to put India versus Pakistan in our event," ICC chief executive Dave Richardson was quoted as saying by 'The Telegraph'.
"It's hugely important from an ICC point of view. It's massive around the world and the fans have come to expect it as well. It's fantastic for the tournament because it gives it a massive kick."
Richardson, however, denied that the constant clash between the arch-rivals affects the fairness of ICC events. "What we try and do is make sure that when you add up the rankings of the different groups, they all add up to the same number of points. You can do that in a number of ways. So long as the pools are balanced, it's silly to avoid (the fixture) when you can fairly cater for it," he added.
The draw for the eight-team tournament was announced here on Wednesday. The Asian powerhouses will go head to head at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on June 4.
The 18-day tournament will run from June 1 to 18 and will also see matches played at the Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff and The Oval in London.
A couple of days before the all-Asian clash, Australia and New Zealand will lock horns in a repeat of the World Cup 2015 final at Edgbaston.
The top eight sides as on September 30, 2015 have qualified for this tournament, with world champions Australia seeded number-one. They head Group A, which also includes fourth seeds New Zealand, sixth seeds England and seventh seeds Bangladesh, who will be returning to this competition for the first time since 2006.
See also
India & Pakistan: Champions Trophy <> India & Pakistan: Cricket <>
All articles in the series on World Cup (cricket): history have a special section on India vs Pakistan matches, IF the two teams played each other during a World Cup.
