India versus Pakistan: What the numbers say

By Rajesh Kumar, IANS

New Delhi : Pakistan begin their Indian tour here Friday with a practice game against Delhi before the start of the five-match one-day international series in Guwahati Monday. Here’s a look at how the two teams, which avoided playing each other for long spells because of reasons other than cricket, stack up against each other before the ODI series:


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Pakistan-India ODIs – a Statistical survey

Venue Played Won by Won by NR
India Pakistan
———– ——- ——– ——– —

In Pakistan 25 10 13 2
In India 21 6 15 –
Neutral venues 62 24 36 2

Total: 108 40 64 4

Highest Innings Totals:

For India:
356-9 (50 overs) Visakhapatnam April 5, 2005
349-7 (50 overs) Karachi March 13, 2004

For Pakistan:
344-8 (50 overs) Karachi March 13, 2004
329-6 (50 overs) Rawalpindi March 16, 2004

Lowest Innings Totals:

For India:

79 (34.2) Sialkot Oct 13, 1978
112 (30.2) Lahore Dec 22, 1989

For Pakistan:

87 (32.5) Sharjah March 22, 1985
116 (45) Toronto Sep 14, 1997

Biggest wins by runs margins:

India 87 runs Cochin April 2, 2005
Pakistan 159 runs Delhi April 17, 2005

Biggest wins by wickets margins:

India 8 wickets Melbourne March 10, 1985
8 wickets Toronto Sep 16, 1996
8 wickets Dhaka Jan 14, 1998
8 wickets Karachi Feb 19, 2006

Pakistan 9 wickets Lahore Oct 2,1997

Best Partnerships:

India 231 (2nd wkt) Sachin Tendulkar & Navjot Singh Sidhu
at Sharjah – April 15, 1996

Pakistan 230 (3 rd wkt) Saeed Anwar & Ijaz Ahmed
at Dhaka – Jan 18, 1998

Most Centuries:

India 5 by S.R.Tendulkar in 61 matches

Pakistan 4 by Saeed Anwar in 50 matches
4 by Inzamam-ul-Haq in 67 matches

Highest individual innings:

India 148 (123 balls) M.S.Dhoni Visakhapatnam April 5, 2005

Pakistan 194 (146 balls) Saeed Anwar Chennai May 21, 1997

Leading run-getters:

India 2122 (ave.38.58) – Sachin Tendulkar in 61 matches.

Pakistan 2403 (ave.43.69) – Inzamam-ul-Haq in 67 matches.

Best Bowling in an innings:

India 5-16 Sourav Ganguly Toronto Sep 18, 1997

Pakistan 7-37 Aqib Javed Sharjah Oct 25, 1991

Hat-tricks

India None
Pakistan Aqib Javed Sharjah Oct 25, 1991

Leading wicket-takers:

India 54 (ave.24.26) in 34 matches by Anil Kumble
54 (ave.30.69) in 36 matches by Javagal Srinath

Pakistan 60 (ave.25.15) in 48 matches by Wasim Akram
57 (ave.24.38) in 36 matches by Saqlain Mushtaq

All-round records:

India 2122 runs(ave.38.58), 27 wickets (ave.47.26)
& 28 catches in 61 matches by Sachin Tendulkar

1563 runs (ave.36.35), 28 wickets (ave.27.79)
& 12 catches in 49 matches by Sourav Ganguly

Pakistan 1289 runs (ave.25.78), 28 wickets (ave.56.50)
& 24 catches in 53 matches by Shahid Afridi.

Best all-round performance in a match:
(100 runs + 2 wickets)

India 118 (140 balls) + 2/40 by S.R.Tendulkar
Sharjah April 15, 1996

Pakistan 143 (127 balls) + 2/42 by Shoaib Malik at
Colombo (RPS) July 25, 2004

118 ( 86 balls) + 2/33 by Zaheer Abbas at
Multan Dec 17, 1982

Captains and Results:
(minimum 7 wins)

Captain For P W L NR Winning%

Imran Khan Pak. 24 19 4 1 79.17
Wasim Akram Pak. 17 12 5 – 70.59
Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak. 22 12 10 – 54.55
M.Azharuddin Ind. 25 9 16 – 36.00
S.R.Tendulkar Ind. 21 8 11 2 38.10
S.C.Ganguly Ind. 17 7 10 – 41.18

Highest scores by captains:

India 101 Mohammad Azharuddin Toronto Sep 20, 1998
100 Mohammad Azharuddin Dhaka Jan 11, 1998

Pakistan 123 Inzamam-ul-Haq Lahore March 21, 2004
122 Inzamam-ul-Haq Karachi March 13, 2004
105 Aamir Sohail Sharjah April 12, 1996

Most career dismissals by a wicketkeeper:

Dis. Ct. St. Mt.

For India Nayan Mongia 29 22 7 29
For Pakistan Moin Khan 71 58 13 49

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