India and Pakistan have played one match each in T20 World Cup 2024 so far
India and Pakistan (India vs Pakistan) have played one match each in the T20 World Cup 2024 so far. While Team India won an easy victory against Ireland, Pakistan was defeated by host America, surprising everyone. Now the teams of India and Pakistan are ready to clash on June 9 at the Nassau International Cricket Stadium in New York.
Let us tell you that India has an upper hand against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. Out of the seven matches played so far, India has won 5, while Pakistan has won only one match. One match was inconclusive.
Kohli’s unbeaten match winning innings
The last time the teams of India and Pakistan faced each other was in the T20 World Cup 2022. Then Virat Kohli played a brilliant innings for the Indian team and led them to victory. In that match, Rohit Sharma won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first and the Pak team scored 159 runs for 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Shan Masood scored an unbeaten 52 runs for Pakistan, while Iftikhar Ahmed played an innings of 51 runs.
In response, India had a very bad start and Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul returned to the pavilion at the score of 10 runs. After this, Suryakumar Yadav and Akshar Patel also got out cheaply. Team India was in trouble after losing 4 wickets at the score of 31.
Then Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya shared a 113-run partnership for the fifth wicket and brought the team back into the match. Hardik was out after scoring 40 runs. But Kohli stood firm at one end. He played an unbeaten innings of 82 runs and led India to victory. The Men in Blue won this match by 4 wickets.