New Delhi. Team India wants to start Asia Cup 2023 with a win. The team led by Rohit Sharma has arrived in Sri Lanka to participate in the 6-nation tournament. The Indian team is scheduled to face Pakistan in its first match on September 2. The Babar Azam captained Pakistan team had a great start to the 16th season of the Asia Cup. The team registered a huge victory against Nepal in their first match by 238 runs. Babar also scored a brilliant century in this match. In such a situation, everyone is ready for the match between Babar and Virat Kohli. If we look at the record of the last 10 ODIs, the Indian team is at the forefront.
Team India will have to be wary of the nephew and son-in-law in the Pakistan team. Imam-ul-Haq, nephew of former legendary cricketer Inzamam-ul-Haq and son-in-law of former captain Shahid Afridi, Shaheen Afridi will want to do well against India. Inzamam and Shahid Afridi have a good record against India. Inzamam scored 2403 runs in 64 innings against India at an average of 44. He has scored 4 centuries and 12 fifties. In which the best performance of 123 runs is also included. Inzamaz-ul-Haq is the highest run-scorer for Pakistan in ODIs against India.
Afridi scored 2 centuries
Talking about Shahid Afridi, he has scored 1524 runs in 64 innings against Team India. He has scored 2 centuries and 4 half centuries. Afridi has also taken 38 wickets as a bowler. 4 wickets for 20 runs is the best performance. Shaheen Afridi has played only one ODI against India so far and has not taken a single wicket. However, he is one of the most feared bowlers in the world with the new ball. Imam ul Haq could score only 19 runs in 3 matches against India. He is currently in the top-5 in the ODI rankings. In such a situation they will want to improve their record.
Won 7 out of 10 matches
If we look at the record of the last 10 ODIs played between India and Pakistan, here team India is ahead. Indian team has managed to win 7 matches while Pakistan team has managed to win only 3 matches. The last encounter between the two in ODIs was at the 2019 World Cup in Manchester. Team India won this match by a huge margin of 89 runs. On the basis of Rohit Sharma’s 140 runs and Virat Kohli’s 77 runs, the Indian team made a big score of 336 runs. In response, the Pakistan team could score only 212 runs for 6 wickets in 40 overs. Due to rain, they got a target of 302 runs in 40 overs. Fakhar Zaman scored 62 runs and Babar Azam scored 48 runs.
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First published: August 31, 2023, 17:01 IST