25 Unbelievable facts about Indian cricket

20. The similarities between the Indo-Pak match at the Australasia Cup of 1986 and Asia Cup 2014

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There are numerous similarities between the Indo-Pak match in the Australasia Cup in 1986 and Asia Cup 2014. Some of those are listed below:

1. Both these games were played at a neutral venue. While the 1986 game was played at Sharjah, the 2014 game was played at Dhaka.
2. Both these games were the finals of the tournament.
3. India was put into bat first in both these games and the side put up 245 runs on the board.
4. The openers (K Srikkanth - 1986 & Rohit Sharma - 2014) hit two sixes in their innings.
5. Three Indian batsmen scored half-centuries on both the instances.
6. There were two Pakistani batsmen dismissed in the form of a run out in these games.
7. C Sharma picked up 3 wickets and bowled the last over in 1986. In 2014, R Ashwin - the man who took 3 wickets bowled the last over.
8. Javed Miandad hit a six in the last over to win the game while Shahid Afridi hit a six in the last over to get over the line. Both these men hit three sixes in their innings.
9. Pakistan lost nine wickets in the chase in both the matches.