ICC World Cup 2023: India Vs Pakistan Head-To-Head Match Today (Image:Twitter/ICC)
The day is quite gripping as India lock horns with “arch-rivals” Pakistan at the Ahmedabad Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday noon 2 pm. This is the 12th match of total 48, with both the teams anchored at the 4 point mark on the score-card. According to reports, Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, and Sachin Tendulkar will attend the event with golden tickets.
BCCI is organising a gala ceremony at 12.30 pm ahead of the match in which the 100,000 lakh spectators will be enthralled by the outstanding show-stoppers Shankar Mahadevan, Sukhwinder Singh, and Arjit Singh. The match will be held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad and a sea of blue is already flooded the roads leading to the stadium.
The Indian squad is all set with Rohit Sharma in his masterful captaincy, and encompasses Shreyas Iyer, Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, and Mohammed Siraj in his close-knitted first-rate ensemble. Shubman Gill is expected to return the playing 11 as he had reportedly started doing practices.
The Babar Azam ruled Pakistan team is a quintessential defiance to India, as the team consisted of Abdullah Shafique, Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Rizwan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, and Zaman Khan, is anticipated to maintain the same 11 played against Sri Lanka in a record run-chase.
As of now, India stands at the third row on the point table with four points, and Pakistan in the fourth position with a same point count.
Pakistan and India head-to-head faced 134 times in ODI’s (One Day International) in which the former won 73 times and later 56 times.
Overall
Total matches played: 134
Pakistan won: 73
India won: 56
No result: 5
The clash of the cover drives 💥
Who will steer their team to victory? 🇮🇳🇵🇰#CWC23 pic.twitter.com/2mbowDzeOO
— ICC (@ICC) October 14, 2023
Since the teams have faced each other for the first time in a Test Match in Delhi in 1952, they have crossed 204 times in international cricket. Pakistan won 88 matches while India have 73 victories to their name. In 17 bilateral ODI series that were played until 2013, Pakistan won 11 while India secured only five. In T20I, India won 9 out of 12.
The highest run scorer in ODIs between the two teams is Sachin Tendulkar with 2526 runs in 67 innings. Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is the top scorer for them with 2403 runs in 64 innings. Wasim Akram with 60 wickets is the most successful bowler in the rivalry in ODI matches while Anil Kumble leads the tally for India with 54, says reports.
Other matches played and to be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium in the ICC World Cup 2023 are:
- October 5: England vs. New Zealand
- November 4: England vs. Australia
- November 10: South Africa vs. Afghanistan
- November 19: ICC World Cup 2023 Final
They meet again at the @cricketworldcup! 🇮🇳🤝🇵🇰
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are set for their #CWC23 face-off in Ahmedabad.
Tune in to watch ➡ https://t.co/ObsrEL7ZMT#INDvPAK #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/sQeWh92oYp
— ICC (@ICC) October 13, 2023
