India vs Pakistan

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India vs Pakistan World Cup History

After the FIFA world cup and Rugby World cup, the ICC cricket world cup is one of the most famous sports events in the world. People from different parts of the world are showing interest in the International Cricket Council. Usually, the India versus Pakistan world cup match will create the greatest curiosity among the audience. Until 2021, India has played 12 matches in the International Cricket Council world cup match. India defeated Pakistan and won all the matches. Lastly, the India vs Pakistan World Cup was held in 2019, and India defeated Pakistan and won the match by 89 runs. The entire article is giving India vs Pakistan world cup history with complete details.

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India vs Pakistan World Cup

Usually, the cricket match between India and Pakistan attracts a wide audience. Virat Kohli and Md Hafeez are the current captains of the India and Pakistan teams, respectively. India has defeated Pakistan in all the world cup matches in the 50 over format and T-20 world cup. According to the India Pak world cup matches history, India won all the matches. About five out of seven world cup matches are hosted by England. The remaining two times, the world cup match was hosted in different venues.

History Behind ICC World Cup

The International Cricket Council is responsible for organising the cricket world cup once in four years. The ICC world cup is one of the most-watched sporting events in the world and also a premier contest in one-day cricket.

The first ICC world cup was hosted by England in 1975 as a one-day match. The first ICC world cup has 60 overs per side. India and Pakistan had a chance to face each other on the world cup field for the first time in 1987. During this time, the world cup was conducted for 50 overs per side. As of 2007, Australia was the first team, who won the ICC world cup tournament three consecutive times. Also, Australia has most successfully won the 5 world cup matches and is the only team to win a hat trick in the world cup match.

West Indies women's team and England women's team played the first Nat west T20 cricket match, which was held at Emirate Riverside Cricket Ground, Durham.

India had won the ICC cricket world cup in 1983 and 2011. India also became the first runner in the 2003 world cup, which was played against Australia. The 2003 ICC cricket world cup was won by Australia. West Indies also won the ICC cricket world cup two consecutive times in 1975 and 1979. According to the ICC cricket world cup history, India and West Indies were the only two countries that have won the world cup two times.

Srilanka and Pakistan are the two countries that won the world cup only once in 1996 and 1992, respectively. By that, these are the four countries from the Asian regions that won the ICC cricket world cups. England, New Zealand and South Africa are the three strongest cricket teams in the world. But these countries did not win even the single ICC cricket world cup in the 50 over format.

One important fact about India vs Pakistan World Cup is, Pakistan never defeated India in the ICC cricket world cup, both in the 50 over format or in T-20 world cup matches. But India defeated Pakistan seven times in the 50 over format and five times in the T-20 format.

World Cups Winners And Runner Ups

The below table shows the complete information about the final match of the ICC Cricket world cup. This table gave the score information, winners and runners in the final match from the year ICC cricket world cup started.

Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Score	Run Difference
1975	West Indies	291–8	Australia	274	West Indies won by 17 runs
1979	West Indies	286–9	England	194	West Indies won by 92 runs
1983	India	183	West Indies	140	India won by 43 runs
1987	Australia	253–5	England	246–8	Australia won by 7 runs
1992	Pakistan	249–6	England	227	Pakistan won by 22 runs
1996	Sri Lanka	245–3	Australia	241	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1999	Australia	133–2	Pakistan	132	Australia won by 8 wickets
2003	Australia	359–2	India	234	Australia won by 125 runs
2007	Australia	281–4	Sri Lanka	215–8	Australia won by 53 runs
2011	India	277–4	Sri Lanka	274–6	India won by 6 wickets
2015	Australia	186–3	New Zealand	183	Australia won by 7 wickets
2019	England	241	New Zealand	241–8	Initially, the match became tied. After the regular play and super over, England won on boundary count over New Zealand.

List Of World Cup Matches Between India And Pakistan

The below table shows the number of matches held between India and Pakistan. The table also shows the year of hosting the match ,and the man of the match is given in here.

S.No	World Cup, (50 Over Format)	Result	Man of the Match
1	World Cup, 1992	India won by 43 runs	Sachin Tendulkar (54 Runs)
2	World Cup, 1996	India won by 39 runs	Navjot Singh Sidhu (93 Runs)
3	World Cup, 1999	India won by 47 runs	Venkatesh Prasad (5 wickets)
4	World Cup, 2003	India won by 6 wickets	Sachin Tendulkar (95 Runs)
5	World Cup, 2011	India won by 29 runs	Sachin Tendulkar (85 Runs)
6	World Cup, 2015	India won by 76 runs	Virat Kohli (107 Runs)
7	World Cup, 2019	India won by 89 runs	Rohit Sharma (140 Runs)
	World Cup T20
1.	World T20, 2007	Match tied (India won in the Super-over)	Mohammad Asif (4 wickets for 18 runs)
2.	World T20, 2007	India won by 5 runs (Final)	Irfan Pathan (3 wickets for 16 runs)
3	World T20, 2012	India won by 8 wickets	Virat Kohli (78 Runs not out)
4	World T20, 2014	India won by 7 wickets	Amit Mishra (2 wickets)
5	World T20, 2016	India won by 6 wickets	Virat Kohli (55 runs in 37 balls)

The above table shows that former master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has received the man of the match title three times in the 50 over the format of ICC cricket world cup. Also, Virat Kohli received the man of the match title in the 2015 ICC cricket world cup match against Pakistan. Here, the India Pakistan world cup match score is also given in detail.

It is known that captain Sachin Tendulkar remained as the biggest obstacle for Pakistan’s Victory. Now, Virat Kohli replaced Sachin Tendulkar’s position against the Pakistan cricket team and maintained the record. This article contains the complete list of world cup matches between India and Pakistan.

FAQs on India vs Pakistan

1. How many times did India defeat Pakistan in the World Cup?

India and Pakistan played about seven world cup matches together in various venues and India won Pakistan in all seven matches. And India took over the cup through the India Pakistan world cup match. While including all world cup, T20 world cup and Champions trophy between India Pak world cup match history, India defeated Pakistan in 13 matches out of 17 matches in total.

2. Has Pakistan beaten India in cricket?

To date, Pakistan never defeated India in the ICC World T20 or 50 over world cup match. India and Pakistan met each other in the playground for the first time in 1952 and played a five-match Test series. Later, both the countries have engaged in several tests, ODI and T20 I matches.

3. Who is the best spinner in the world?

The best spinner in the world, according to records, is Muttiah Muralitharan. He is a unique off-spinner; he uses his wrist to spin the ball sharply and became the first wrist spinning off-spinner in cricket history. After entering into international cricket, He added the famous “doosra” to his repertoire.