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India vs Pakistan in ICC events, 1992- June 2017

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IANS | Feb 12, 2015 India vs Pakistan: World Cup history

The two neighbours have a rich history of fierce battles on the cricket ground and each encounter sees partisan feelings rise to a feverish pitch. While Pakistan enjoy a considerable advantage in the overall One-Day International (ODI) head-to-head count, claiming 72 of the 126 battles.

India possess a 5-0 scoreline in the World Cup matches.

Bitterness

Five famous spats

IT'S PERSONAL: FIVE INDIA-PAKISTAN SPATS | Jun 17 2017 |AFP

There is never a dull moment when India and Pakistan clash in cricket. Here are five of their most memorable spats

WHEN MIANDAD MIMICKED MORE

Indian wicketkeeper Kiran More angered Pakistan's mercurial Javed Miandad at the 1992 World Cup in Sydney with constant appeals for a dismissal. Miandad looked furious when More at one stage appealed for a run out, leaping up and down the pitch. Miandad turned towards More and the two exchanged sharp words. The next ball, More flipped the bails off when Miandad was clearly in. The Pakistani imitated More by jumping up and down in one of the most comical moments in international cricket. India won the group match, but Pakistan won the title.

PRASAD'S PERFECT SEND-OFF

In their 1996 World Cup quarter-final in Bangalore, Pakistan opener Aamer Sohail aggressively went after India's opening bowlers. He brought up his 50 at more than a run a ball and celebrated with a blistering four off Venkatesh Prasad. As the ball raced to the fence, Sohail mocked Prasad, pointing to the region with the bat as if to say, “Go fetch“. Sohail tried to repeat the slash off the next ball but was bowled. It was Prasad's turn to hit back, with the bowler appearing to mouth “Go home, you f****** b******.“ India won the match but went out to eventual winners Sri Lanka in the semi-final.

GAMBHIR, AFRIDI SLEDGEFEST

Pakistan's tour of India in 2007 is remembered for Indian opener Gautam Gambhir and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi nearly coming to blows during a One-day International in Kanpur. Gambhir hit Afridi for a four and a verbal joust followed. The next ball the players collided as Gambhir ran for a single. A heated argument ensued with the players hurling abuse at each other. Afridi recently recalled the spat. He said Gambhir was not the friendliest cricketer around and they wouldn't be sharing a coffee with anytime soon.

GAMBHIR'S DRINKS CLASH WITH AKMAL

Gambhir was in the thick of controversy again in 2010 when he clashed with wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal during an Asia Cup game at Dambulla. Tempers boiled over after Akmal's confident appeal for caught behind was denied by the umpire. During the drinks break, the two were at each other's throats before captain MS Dhoni pulled aside Gambhir to calm things down.Later in a TV programme, Gambhir brushed aside the spat as a heat-of-the-moment thing and blamed the broadcaster for showing the row instead of advertisements during the break.

HARBHAJAN RUN-IN WITH AKHTAR

The bare-knuckle rivalry between India and Pakistan again came to the fore in the 2010 Asia Cup clash. Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh and Shoaib Akhtar exchanged abuse in Punjabi, a language they both speak, after the Indian hit the `Rawalpindi Express' for a massive six. Harbhajan had the last laugh when he hit the winning six with one ball to spare, triggering wild celebrations in the Indian dressing room. Harbhajan said the two were often rivals on the pitch, but friends off. “Shoaib once threatened me he would come to my room and beat me. I told him come, let's see who beats whom. I was really scared. He is a great hulk,“ the Indian said of their relationship last year.

2007

World Twenty20 final

Jamie Alter, India v Pakistan cricket classics: India win inaugural World Twenty20, Jun 17, 2017, The Times of India

HIGHLIGHTS

India defended a total of 157 against Pakistan in the final

With 6 required to win, Misbah paddled Joginder Sharma only to miscue the shot and find Sreesanth at short fine leg

The win marked the emrgence of MS Dhoni as India's quintessential leader

ICC Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston will be the first between India and Pakistan since 2008, and the first time the two storied rivals will clash at the summit of an ICC-organised ODI event. Prior to this, the only times they have met in an ICC final was the 2007 World Twenty20, when MS Dhoni's fledgling team won an epic in Johannesburg.

Ahead of Sunday's blockbuster, TOI Sports recaps some India v Pakistan classics. In our fourth instalment, we look back at September 24, 2007 when India edged a T20 nail-biter.

The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 changed the landscape of T20 cricket with India going from outsiders - they barely had a domestic T20 setup owing to the BCCI's apathy towards the format - to lifting the title at a packed Wanderers after beating arch-rivals Pakistan by five runs in an epic final. Gautam Gambhir was the star with the bat for India, hitting 75 off 54 balls to get the total to 157/5 against a spirited Pakistan performance in the field, but Rohit Sharma's unbeaten 16-ball 30 proved a crucial cameo.

RP Singh struck early with the wickets of Mohammad Hafeez and Kamran Akmal, and Irfan was excellent with figures of 3/16 in his quota as India applied the squeeze. Once again it was Misbah-ul-Haq left with the task of taking Pakistan to an improbable win, and with 54 needed from 24 balls with three wickets in hand he almost did. Almost. After hitting Harbhajan Singh for three sixes in the 17th over, Misbah appeared at his unflappable best until the final over.

After much thinking, Dhoni put faith in Joginder Sharma for the last six balls, from which Pakistan required 13.

The first ball was a wide; the second a full toss which Misbah put away for six. The Pakistan fans at the ground were jubilant, the Indian supporters crestfallen. That's when Misbah walked across his stumps to paddle Joginder to fine leg, only to miscue the shot and find Sreesanth lurking at short fine leg. The second Sreesanth took the catch, The Wanderers exploded.

India-Pakistan matches deliberately arranged: ICC

The Times of India, June 2, 2016

The International Cricket Council ( ICC ) has admitted that it deliberately tries to put India and Pakistan in the same group at world events as it is hugely important for the success of tournaments.

"No doubt we want to try to put India versus Pakistan in our event," ICC chief executive Dave Richardson was quoted as saying by 'The Telegraph'.

"It's hugely important from an ICC point of view. It's massive around the world and the fans have come to expect it as well. It's fantastic for the tournament because it gives it a massive kick."

Richardson, however, denied that the constant clash between the arch-rivals affects the fairness of ICC events. "What we try and do is make sure that when you add up the rankings of the different groups, they all add up to the same number of points. You can do that in a number of ways. So long as the pools are balanced, it's silly to avoid (the fixture) when you can fairly cater for it," he added.

The draw for the eight-team tournament was announced here on Wednesday. The Asian powerhouses will go head to head at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on June 4.

The 18-day tournament will run from June 1 to 18 and will also see matches played at the Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff and The Oval in London.

A couple of days before the all-Asian clash, Australia and New Zealand will lock horns in a repeat of the World Cup 2015 final at Edgbaston.

The top eight sides as on September 30, 2015 have qualified for this tournament, with world champions Australia seeded number-one. They head Group A, which also includes fourth seeds New Zealand, sixth seeds England and seventh seeds Bangladesh, who will be returning to this competition for the first time since 2006.

See also

India & Pakistan: Champions Trophy <> India & Pakistan: Cricket <>

All articles in the series on World Cup (cricket): history have a special section on India vs Pakistan matches, IF the two teams played each other during a World Cup.