5 Times India and Pakistan faced each other in the finals of ODI tournaments

#1 Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket (Australia 1985)

One of the most memorable wins for India over Pakistan

The 1985 Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket was an interesting concept that brought together the top seven International cricket teams for the first time outside of the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Even though it was the only time that World Championship ever took place, the event still remains one of the most memorable one in the history of the game due to the immaculate final that took place at Melbourne.

Despite neither of them starting as the favourite to win the tournament, India and Pakistan played tremendous cricket in the group stage by finishing first and second after India defeated Pakistan in their group match by 6 wickets.

However, since destiny wanted the two teams to face each other again, each of them went past tough challengers in New Zealand and Pakistan to book their first ever Final encounter against each other.

Batting first in the all-important final, the Pakistani batting was rattled early on by some sensational bowling by Kapil Dev. However, some sensible batting by their two senior players in Imran Khan and Javed Miandad took them to an average total of 176/9 in 50 overs.

Chasing the target, Indians never showed any signs of trouble as both Ravi Shastri and Kris Srikkanth scored tremendous half-centuries to lay the foundation of India's win, which they achieved by 8 wickets in the 48th over register their biggest win over Pakistan.