What if: Sreesanth had dropped the catch of Misbah-ul-Haq in the 2007 T20 World Cup final

#3 Pakistan would have broken the India World Cup jinx

Indian team members celebrate after winning the semi-final match against Pakistan in the 2011 World Cup

The Men in Blue have beaten Pakistan in each and every World Cup match till date, be it 50 overs World Cup or a T20 World Cup. Since 1992 Pakistan have lost 6 World Cup matches and 4 T20 World Cup matches to India. Their most recent encounter was in the 2016 World T20 in India.

Though Pakistan have a very good record against India in ODIs, they have found it impossible to beat them in any World Cup competition. Whether it is the pressure of an Indo-Pak match or the history of the World Cup matches between the arch-rivals, Pakistan have always struggled against the Men in Blue as far as World Cup cricket is concerned.

Misbah-ul-Haq was the man who almost broke the jinx for Pakistan in the 2007 T20 World Cup but eventually failed on both the occasions. In the group stage match, he almost finished off the match for Pakistan but was run out when the scores were level. India eventually won the match via a bowl-out.

In the final, he was the lone warrior on the battlefield as he kept losing his partners at the other end while chasing a target of 157. He ran Pakistan agonizingly close to India’s total but was eventually dismissed by Joginder Sharma in the final over of the match, giving India a victory by 5 runs.