The 2022 Asian Cup will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from August 27 to September 11. Teams from India and Pakistan will meet in this tournament. In fact, there have been no series between the two countries since January 2013, so both teams are simply playing each other in multinational tournaments. The match between India and Pakistan in the 2022 Asian Cup will be played on August 28. At the same time, it is believed that in the 2022 Asian Cup, both teams may meet more than once. So let’s take a look at all the games between the two countries in the Asian Cup so far.
India defeated Pakistan by 54 runs in the 1984 Asian Cup. Batting first, the Indian team scored 188 for 4 wickets, but the Pakistan team was shattered in the face of brilliant bowling by Ravi Shastri and Roger Binny. In this way, India defeated Pakistan by 54 runs.
India defeated Pakistan in the 1988 Asian Cup for the second time in a row. This match was played in Dhaka. Batting first, Pakistan scored 142 runs in this match. In response to Pakistan’s 142 runs, India came out to bat and won the match by 4 wickets. In this way, India defeated Pakistan in the Asian Cup for the second time in a row.
In the 1995 Asian Cup, Pakistan defeated India by 97 runs. In fact, this was the first time that the Indian team had to face defeat against Pakistan in the Asian Cup. In this match, by batting first, Pakistan scored 266 runs for 9 wickets, but in response, the Indian team, who came out at bat, dropped to just 169 runs.
In the 1997 Asian Cup, the match between India and Pakistan could not be completed due to rain. Batting first in this match, the Pakistan team was struggling for the loss of 5 wickets for 30 runs in 9 overs, but the next game could not be due to rain. India’s fast bowler Venkatesh Prasad fired 4 players for 17 runs. At the same time, this match was being played in Colombo.
In the 2000 Asian Cup, Pakistan defeated India by 44 runs. In fact, this was the second time that the Indian team had to face defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the Asian Cup. Batting first, in this match played in Dhaka, Pakistan scored 295 for 7 wickets, but in response the Indian team dropped to just 251 runs.
Asian Cup 2004
Pakistan continued to dominate the 2004 Asian Cup. In this match, Pakistan defeated India by 59 runs. Batting first, in this match played in Colombo, Pakistan scored 300 runs from 9 wickets, but the Indian team could only score 241 runs from 8 wickets in 50 overs. Shoaib Malik played a brilliant inning of 143 runs on 127 balls for Pakistan.
India broke the losing streak in this tournament against Pakistan in the 2008 Asian Cup. Actually, after the 1988 Asian Cup, the Indian team was continually losing against Pakistan, but this time the Indian team ended the series by winning the match. Virender Sehwag played a stormy inning of 119 runs on 95 balls for India. India achieved Pakistan’s target of 300 runs in just 42.1 overs.
In fact, India and Pakistan met twice in the 2008 Asian Cup. In the group stage, Barat defeated Pakistan, while in the Super-4, Pakistan defeated India. In this match, the Indian team had to face defeat by 8 wickets. In this way, in the 2008 Asian Cup, both teams won 1-1 against each other.
India beat Pakistan by 3 wickets in the 2010 Asian Cup. In this match, batting first, Pakistan scored 267 runs, in response to which the Indian team defeated Pakistan by 3 wickets thanks to Gautam Gambhir’s 83 and 56 by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
India defeated Pakistan again in the 2012 Asian Cup. In this match, by batting first, Pakistan scored 329 runs for 6 wickets, but the Indian team easily achieved this goal. Virat Kohli scored 183 runs on 148 balls for India. At the same time, India won the match with 13 balls remaining.
Pakistan defeated India in the 2014 Asian Cup. In this match, the Indian team, who came out to bat first, scored 245 for 8 wickets, in response to which Pakistan won the match thanks to Shahid Afridi’s undefeated 34 in 18 balls. . At the same time, apart from this, Mohammad Hafeez played an important inning of 75 runs.
India beat Pakistan by 5 wickets in the 2016 Asian Cup. Chasing 84 runs, the Indian team was struggling at one point after losing 3 wickets by 8 runs, but Virat Kohli played a major role in India winning the match by scoring 49 runs. India won this match by 5 wickets with 27 balls remaining.
India and Pakistan met twice in the 2018 Asia Cup. Both times the Indian team defeated Pakistan. After defeating Pakistan in the group stage, India also defeated in Super-4. India easily defeated Pakistan in the group stage. Responding to Pakistan’s 162 runs, India easily won the match thanks to Rohit Sharma’s 52 and Shikhar Dhawan’s 46. At the same time, when both teams met head to head in Super-4, India defeated Pakistan by 9 wickets.