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Australia won the match by seven wickets, however neither of them would make the semi-finals. India quickly showed that it was on track to repeat its World Cup success with comfortable wins in each of its group matches, while Pakistan found a new hero in 18-year-old left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram who took 5 for 21 against Australia.
None of the Pakistan bowlers threatened Indian batsmen, even though Imran Khan, Azeem Hafeez, Tahir Naqqash and Mudassar Nazar had economical spells. For their consistency, at the end of the match, Srikkanth won the Player of the Match award, while Shastri was named the player of the tournament, or as it was known, the Champion of Champions.
[D] India and Pakistan qualified for the first semi-final of the tournament and the Indian government invited the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to watch the match along with his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh. [21] The second match of the series, Kolkata, January 2013. India and Pakistan during the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
Sri Lanka won the match by six wickets, [1] its first World Twenty20 victory, after being runners-up twice at 2009 and 2012. [2] [3] Sri Lanka became the 5th team to win this title after India, Pakistan, England, West Indies [4] This was the third time where both the finalists were Asian teams. [4] In the stadium, the match was watched by ...
Panoramic view of a 2015 Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan. The two sides first played in 1952, when Pakistan toured India. Test and, later, limited overs series have been played ever since, although a number of planned tours by both sides have been cancelled or aborted due to political factors.
The match was played on 30 March 2011 at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali in India. There were fears that rain would curtail or postpone the match until the Meteorological Department issued assurances that the period of the match would be rain-free. [4] India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat first ...
India won their final group game, a must-win encounter against South Africa, comfortably by 8 wickets. [20] They finished on top of Group B with two wins and a net run rate ahead of Pakistan. In the semi-final, India faced Bangladesh, and put in yet another dominating display, winning comfortably by 9 wickets and sealing a final with Pakistan. [21]
They played three Test matches against the Pakistan cricket team, with Pakistan winning the series 2–0. The tour also featured three One Day International (ODI) matches. In the third match, India's captain, Bishen Bedi, conceded the game in protest against Sarfraz Nawaz short-pitched bowling. It was the first time an international cricket ...