INDO-PAK ENCOUNTERS IN ICC TOURNAMENTS
On this Day in the 1999 ODI World Cup, India defended 228 against Pakistan courtesy a fantastic spell of 5/27 by Venkatesh Prasad.
Did you know? India are undefeated against the arch-rivals in any format of the World Cup. In ODI World Cups it’s 7 (IND) – 0 (PAK) and in T20Is it’s 5 (IND) – 0 (PAK).
Which edition of the ODI World Cup saw the first of India vs Pakistan?
At Sydney in 1992, India won by 43 runs defending 217.
1992
1996
1999
1987
The 1996 World Cup match between India and Pakistan is remembered for the Venkatesh Prasad and Aamer Sohail showdown. Who was the man of the match though?
Navjot Singh Sidhu scored 93 and shared a 90-run opening stand with Tendulkar.
Ajay Jadeja
Venkatesh Prasad
Aamer Sohail
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Which legendary Pakistan player played his last ODI in the 1996 WC clash against India?
The 1996 clash was Javed Miandad’s last ODI, who was run-out on 38.
Javed Miandad
Rameez Raja
Aamer Sohail
Saeed Anwar
Which of these batsmen has the highest individual score in an Indo-Pak ODI World Cup match?
Rohit Sharma scored 140 in Manchester in the 2019 World Cup.
Virat Kohli (IND)
Saeed Anwar (PAK)
Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
Rohit Sharma (IND)
Only three bowlers have a 5-wkt haul in an Indo-Pak ODI World Cup game. Venkatesh Prasad and Wahab Riaz are the two, who is the third?
Sohail Khan bagged a spell of 5/55 in Adelaide in the 2015 World Cup.
Mohammed Shami (IND)
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)
Sohail Khan (PAK)
Javagal Srinath (IND)
In the 2011 edition, after being dropped four times, who finally took the catch to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar?
After scoring 85, Sachin tried a lofted shot over covers but ended up handing a catch to Afridi. Saeed Ajmal was the wicket-taker.
Saeed Ajmal
Shahid Afridi
Misbah-ul-Haq
Mohammad Hafeez
The 1999 World Cup match saw the last of a legendary Pakistan player, who was that?
Saleem Malik played his last international match and scored 6 runs, he was also one of the victims of Venkatesh Prasad in that match.
Saleem Malik
Ijaz Ahmed
Hasan Raza
Mohammad Wasim
In the first Men’s T20I World Cup final in 2007, which of these following players made their T20I debut?
Yusuf Pathan opened the batting and scored 15 runs. He is the only player till now to debut in a Men’s T20 WC final.
Imran Nazir (PAK)
Joginder Sharma (IND)
Yusuf Pathan (IND)
Yasir Arafat (PAK)
Robin Uthappa scored a 50 against Pakistan in the 2007 Men’s T20I WC. What is significant about his half-century?
Uthappa scored a 50 off 39 balls batting at number 3. This match also saw the first ever bowl-out in a T20I WC.
First Indian to score a T20I half-century
First Indian to score a T20 half-century
First half-century in Men’s T20 WCs
Who was the bowler who overstepped in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Final when Fakhar Zaman was caught behind in the 4th over?
Umpire Erasmus went to the TV umpire to check for a no-ball and Bumrah was clearly over the line.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Jasprit Bumrah
Hardik Pandya
Ravichandran Ashwin
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