India and Pakistan take on each other in match 5 of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday, February 23. Pakistan lost the opening encounter to New Zealand by 60 runs as they could not chase down 321 for victory.
The side was bowled out for 260 as the mercurial nature of their cricket came to the fore. A few days ago in the ODI Tri-series, Pakistan chased down 353 required to win against South Africa. Just a few days later, the same side almost with the same batting lineup faltered in the chase.
It's time again for another India-Pakistan match at an ICC event. In ICC ODI World Cups, Pakistan have never beaten India. However, in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 and ICC T20 World Cup 2021, Pakistan did manage to surprise India by beating them in two thriller contests. In this article, we take a look at top five nail-biting India-Pakistan matches in ICC tournaments.
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India vs Pakistan 2007 World Cup Final - India won by five wickets
This was one of the many great victories India had under MS Dhoni. Dhoni's tactical brilliance as a captain came to the fore in this match when he gave the final over of the match to inexperienced Joginder Sharma with Pakistan requiring 13 to win. The batter on strike was Misbah-Ul-Haq. Misbah tried to play an unorthodox shot and lost his wicket. India scored 157 batting first in the final. Pakistan were bowled out for 152. We all know what happened next. Rest is history. This match reignited the India-Pakistan rivalry in World Cups once again.
2011 ODI World Cup Semi-Final - India won by 29 runs
The two teams were playing the second semi-final in Mohali. India scored 260/9 as Sachin Tendulkar scored 85 off 115 balls and held the innings together. He survived a close call from Seed Ajmal as the replay showed the ball missing the stumps. Gautam Gambhir (27), Virender Sehwag (38), MS Dhoni (25) and Suresh Raina (36) all played crucial knocks. Every Indian bowler picked up two wickets with the ball to bowl out the Men in Green for 231 and won the match by 29 runs. 2011 was Sachin Tendulkar's sixth and final World Cup and hence his knock remains special.
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2021 T20 World Cup - Pakistan won by 10 wickets
This was a phase in Pakitan cricket where a few new cricketers were coming up with Babar Azam leading the side. He was their best batter at that point and with Mohammad Rizwan forged a brilliant opening pair at the top of the order. India, on the other hand, came into this World Cup not knowing much about the new look Pakistan side. There were a few debates on India's selection for the T20 World Cup as well. The Pakistan pacers in Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah came as a surprise package for the Indian batters. Opening the batting in Dubai, KL Rahul fell for a duck and Rohit Sharma scored just three. India reached 157/7 in their 20 overs with Virat Kohli scoring an unbeaten 57 off 49 balls. Pakistan to India's surprise, came out all guns blazing in the chase and tracked down the target with 10 wickets in hand. Babar and Rizwan both played unbeaten knock. While Babar scored 68*, Rizwan ended up unbeaten on 79 to stun India.
2022 T20 World Cup - India won by four wickets
This was perhaps the best India-Pakistan match in ICC tournaments in the last few years. Pakistan batting first scored a competitive 159/8. Shan Masood and Iftikhar Ahmed scored fifties helping Pakistan finish strongly at 159/8. It turned out to be a tricky chase for India once again. They lost both Rahul and Rohit early in the chase but that night Virat Kohli was possessed. He timed his knock to perfection as he ended unbeaten on 82* taking India to a win. Ravichandran Ashwin leaving the delivery from Mohammad Nawaz who bowled the last over was one of the biggest talking points in the game. That leave from Ashwin is talked about now as well among Indian cricket circuits.
T20 World Cup 2024- India won by six runs
This was the most recent India-Pakistan thriller. The match was played in New York and it turned out to be an epic contest. Two teams played on a fresh and trick pitch in New York. The pitches in New York became a subject of debate in the T20 World Cup but it produced a few close contests. India were bowled out for 119 in the match. Only Rishabh Pant (42), Rohit Sharma (13) and Axar Patel (20) scored in double figures for India. Naseem Shah picked up three wickets and Mohammad Amir who reversed his retirement to play in the T20 World Cup picked up two. But the match was about Jasprit Bumrah and his brilliance with the ball. He picked up 3/14 including the key wicket of Mohd Rizwan who looked well set to take Pakistan home. Rizwan scored 31 off 44 balls trying to hold one end up His dismissal in the 15th over broke open the game for India. Babar Azam, who led the side in that game scored just 13.
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