India vs Pakistan Head to Head in T20Is, match records and facts

One of the cricket’s fiercest rivalries will get revived on Saturday with India vs Pakistan taking on each other in the 4th match of the 2016 Asia Cup 2016 at the Sher-e-Bangla national cricket stadium in Dhaka.

Tempers are sure to flare but one hopes that the rivalry remains a healthy one while both sets of supporters get entertained with a match to remember.

With a bilateral series between the two nations still a distant possibility, both teams clashed against each other in a T20 international at the very same venue two years ago, during the 2014 World T20. As in every World Cup encounter between the two Asian giants, India emerged victorious on the day by seven wickets en route the final, where they lost to Sri Lanka.

Overall, this will be the 7th T20I between India and Pakistan with the former enjoying the supremacy over its neighbouring country. Here we list down some of the most important statistics from their previous 6 meetings in the shortest format of the game.

India Vs Pakistan Head to Head record T20

Out of 7 T20Is played till date: India won 5, Pakistan won 1, 1 No results

MatchWinnerMarginVenueDate7th India v Pakistan T20India5 wktsDhaka27 Feb 20166th India v Pakistan T20India7 wktsDhaka21 Mar 20145th India v Pakistan T20India11 runsAhmedabad28 Dec 20124th India v Pakistan T20Pakistan5 wktsBengaluru25 Dec 20123rd India v Pakistan T20India8 wktsColombo30 Sep 20122nd India v Pakistan T20India5 runsJo'burg24 Sep 20071st India v Pakistan T20Tie, India3-0 Bowl outDurban14 Sep 2007

India Vs Pakistan T20I, Batsmen with Most Runs

Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Singh have been the most successful batsmen for India in T20 matches against Pakistan while Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik lead the batting charts for the 2009 World T20 champions.

With four of those five players set to feature in tomorrow’s match, the spectators will be hoping for some fireworks from the star batsmen from either side.

Sl NoBatsmenMatches Runs Average SR1Virat Kohli 415075.001192Mohammad Hafeez 514729.401193Gautam Gambhir513927.801254Shoaib Malik613433.501035Yuvraj Singh611723.40136

Umar Gul is the most successful bowler in Indo-Pak T20 encounters with 11 wickets from 6 matches

India Vs Pakistan T20I, Bowlers with Most wickets

Umar Gul has been the pick of the bowlers in India-Pakistan encounters with 11 wickets from 6 matches while India’s leading wicket takers include Irfan Pathan, RP Singh and Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.

While the former two are not in the squad, the latter is not expected to play either, considering the impressive manner in which the Indian bowling unit has been performing lately. Here is the top 5 list.

Sl NoBowlerMatchesWickets1Umar Gul6112Irfan Pathan363Mohammad Asif254Bhuvaneshwar Kumar355RP Singh24

India Vs Pakistan T20I, Most sixes

PlayerSpanMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR1005004s6sMisbah-ul-Haq (Pak)2007-2007220965348.0073131.5001075Shoaib Malik (Pak)2007-201677213857*27.6014297.18010114V Kohli (India)2012-201655219978*66.33177112.42010233Sohail Tanvir (Pak)2007-2012410121212.004300.0000002RV Uthappa (India)2007-2007220585029.0050116.0001052Umar Akmal (Pak)2012-2016550813316.2073110.9500132Sohaib Maqsood (Pak)2014-2014110212121.0011190.9000021Nasir Jamshed (Pak)2012-2012330474115.6643109.3000041Umar Gul (Pak)2007-201463017125.6617100.0000121MS Dhoni (India)2007-2016751803320.0069115.9400081Shahid Afridi (Pak)2007-201677145147.5041109.7500141