India vs Pakistan: Reliving the last 5 thrilling ODI encounters 

As soon as we hear the news of India playing Pakistan, our nerves get excited, our veins get pumped-up, and a sense of patriotism evokes among us. That is the level of enthusiasm the rivalry of India and Pakistan generates.

These days, the frequency of matches being played between these two countries have reduced because of the political tensions between the two countries. The last time these two teams played a bilateral series was in 2012-13 when Pakistan toured India. Since then, these two teams have played a total of 5 One day Internationals with India emerging victorious 3 times.

This time around, these two will be playing against each other on 19th September, 2018 in the Asia Cup, which is scheduled to begin from 15th September.

So, before we get to the actual match, we would like to rewind the clock to revisit the last 5 thrilling ODI encounters these two teams played against each other.

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#5 India vs Pakistan, Champions Trophy, 2013

Trophy: Champions trophy, 2013, Date: June 15, 2013, Location: Birmingham, England

Result: India won the match by 8 wickets ( D/L method)

Man of the match: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

India comfortably won their group stage match against Pakistan in Champions Trophy 2013

As has been, the rivalry between India and Pakistan matches has always been a hyped one. Both teams compete with passion and vigor against each other which results in close finishes.

However, this was a one-off match where India comfortably chased the revised target of 102 in only 19.1 overs in the-rain curtailed match.

Having won the toss, Indian captain, MS Dhoni elected to bowl first. His decision turned out right as wickets kept crumbling for Pakistan at regular intervals, and eventually Pakistan were bundled out for 165 runs in 39.4 overs.

Asad Shafiq was the top scorer for Pakistan with his knock of 41 runs in 64 balls with 3 fours.

India on the other hand had some really good bowling performances from their bowlers. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the best of the lot with the figures of 8-2-19-2.

Because of rain, India got a revised target of 102 in 22 overs, which the Indian batsmen comfortably chased with 2.5 overs to go.

Shikhar Dhawan was the top scorer for India as he made a useful 48 in just 41 balls with 5 fours.

Scorecard:

India- 102 for 2 (Dhawan 48, Riaz, 1-20)

Pakistan- 165 (Shafiq 41, Bhuvneshwar 2-19)

#4 India vs Pakistan, Asia Cup, 2014

Trophy: Asia Cup, 2014 , Date: Mar 2, 2014, Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Result: Pakistan won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining)

Man of the match: Mohammad Hafeez

Shahid Afridi went bonkers as he helped Pakistan win the match against India

Another nail-biting contest between the arch rivals, India and Pakistan.

Having won the toss, Pakistan captain, Misbah-ul-Haq elected to bowl first.

Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli fell cheaply. However, individual fifties by Rohit Sharma, Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja lifted India to 245 in 50 overs; a below par score.

For Pakistan, Saeed Ajmal took 3 wickets for 40 runs in 10 overs.

Chasing 246, the Pakistan openers started quickly with their opening partnership of 71 runs in 11 overs. However, things went haywire towards the end of the chase as they lost 5 quick wickets for just 36 runs.

With 10 to chase of the last over, 'Boom Boom' Afridi smashed 2 continuous sixes off Ashwin to seal the match for Pakistan.

Mohammad Hafeez was the top scorer for Pakistan with a patient 75 of 117 balls.

Ravichandran Ashwin took 3 wickets for 44 runs for India.

Scorecard:

India- 245 for 8 (Rayudu 58, Rohit 56, Ajmal 3-40)

Pakistan- 249 for 9 (Hafeez 75, Shehzad 42, Ashwin 3-44)

#3 India vs Pakistan, ICC World Cup, 2015

Trophy: World Cup, 2014 , Date: Feb 15, 2015, Location: Adelaide, Australia

Result: India won by 76 runs

Man of the match: Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli scored a brilliant hundred for India

This is one tournament where Pakistan has never beaten India, and that record still continued in the last World Cup as well.

This was another one-off match where a fluent India completely demolished Pakistan by 76 runs.

Having won the toss, Indian captain, Virat Kohli elected to bat first.

Rohit Sharma played a poor shot to give Pakistan their first wicket. However, after that wicket, India had two big partnerships as they added 131 and 110 for second and third wicket respectively.

The century by Virat Kohli and Individual fifties by Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina were enough for India to put up a fighting total of 300 runs on the board.

For Pakistan, speedster, Sohail Khan bagged 5 wickets for 55 runs in 10 overs.

Chasing 301, Pakistan didn't get the start they required as Younis Khan fell cheaply for 6 runs. Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals as they fell short of the target by 73 runs.

Misbah-ul-Haq was the top scorer for Pakistan with 76 runs. Mohammed Shami was imperial for India as he bagged 4 important wickets for 35 runs in 9 overs.

Scorecard:

India- 300 for 7 (Kohli 107, Raina 74, Dhawan 73, Sohail 5-55)

Pakistan- 224 (Misbah 76, Shehzad 47, Shami 4-35)

#2 India vs Pakistan, Champions Trophy, 2017

Trophy: Champions Trophy, 2017 , Date: June 4, 2017, Location: Brimingham, England

Result: India won by 124 runs (D/L method)

Man of the match: Yuvraj Singh

Rohit Sharma played a crucial knock of 91 of 119 deliveries

Yet again, India was meeting Pakistan in a Champions Trophy group stage match at the same venue. The result too was similar as India defeated Pakistan by 124 runs.

Having won the toss, Pakistan captain, Misbah-ul-Haq decided to bowl first.

Indian openers started briskly as they ripped apart Pakistan's bowling with their opening partnership of 136 runs in 24.3 overs. Kohli and Yuvraj carried from where the openers left as they took India's total to a superb 319 in 48 overs.

For India, Rohit Sharma was the top scorer with his fantastic knock of 91 in 119 balls.

Pakistan started the chase positively as their openers managed 47 runs in 9 overs. However, as soon as the first wicket fell, Pakistan kept losing wickets regularly, and in the end, they were rolled-out for 164 in 33.4 overs.

Azar Ali was the top scorer for Pakistan as he scored 50 runs in 65 balls.

For India, Umesh Yadav was the best bowler with his spell of 3-30 in 7.4 overs.

Scorecard:

India- 319 for 3 (Rohit 91, Kohli 81*, Dhawan 68, Yuvraj 53, Shadab 1-52)

Pakistan- 164 (Azhar 50, Umesh 3-30)

#1 India vs Pakistan, Champions Trophy Final, 2017

Trophy: Champions Trophy, 2017 , Date: June 18, 2017, Location: Oval, England

Result: Pakistan won by 180 runs

Man of the match: Fakhar Zaman

Fakhar Zaman made an impactful 114 of 106 deliveries

What a setup we had for the finals of the Champions Trophy, 2017 as arch-rivals India took on Pakistan in a dream final.

Pakistan, who just managed to qualify for the Champions Trophy were by no means expected to reach the finals.

India on the other hand had an upper hand having comfortably defeated Pakistan in the group stage match. They were also defending their Champions Trophy.

Having won the toss, Indian captain, Virat Kohli chose to bowl first.

Pakistan had a new opener this time in the form of Fakhar Zaman; the name India were not familiar with until this match.

The Pakistani openers started superbly with an opening partnership of 128. Fakhar Zaman along with Babar Azam and Mohammad Hafeez then took Pakistan's score to a mammoth 338 in 50 overs.

Fakhar Zaman's blistering knock of 114 of 106 balls had 12 fours and 3 sixes.

Chasing 339, India were blown away by Mohammad Amir. The speedster ripped apart India's top order with important wickets of Sharma, Dhawan and Kohli.

A lot was expected from Yuvraj and Dhoni, but they both fell cheaply. Hardik Pandya was the lone fighter as he made a fighting 76 of 46 deliveries. Apart from him, no one made a valuable contribution.

Hasan Ali and Mohammad Amir took 3 wickets each having accounted for only 19 runs and 16 runs respectively.

In the end, India fell short of the target by 180 runs; a massive unexpected defeat against the arch rivals Pakistan.

Scorecard:

Pakistan- 338 for 4 (Fakhar 114, Azhar 59, Hafeez 57*, Kedar 1-27)

India- 158 (Pandya 76, Amir 3-16, Hasan 3-19)