New Delhi: The Indian-Pakistani Cricket rivalry remains one of the fiercest and most legendary rivalries in world sport. Each meeting between the two subcontinental giants has a weight of history, emotion and waiting, attracting millions of viewers from around the world. The next confrontation between the two games at the Asian 2025 Cup in Dubai on September 14 has already established pulse races.India has traditionally held the upper hand in high issues meetings, especially in the ICC tournaments.
Their record says a long time-15 wins in 16 games against Pakistan in the ICC World Cup, which includes 8-0 scanning in the ODI World Cups and a 7-1 advance at the T20 World Cups. This domination also extended to the Asian Cup, where India has always had the advantage over their arc rivals.Since the creation of the tournament in 1984, India and Pakistan have appeared in 15 of the 16 editions and faced each other 18 times in the ODI and T20 formats. Most victories on the title of the Asian Cup:
| Winner | Securities | Years |
|---|---|---|
| INDIA | 8 | 1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2023 |
| SRI LANKA | 6 | 1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2022 |
| PAKISTAN | 2 | 2000, 2012 |
Interesting, despite their rich rivalry, the two parties never clashed during a final of the Asian Cup. Their battles have mainly intervened in the group phases or the Super four laps, often with qualification scenarios adding additional tensions.
India vs Pakistan In Asia Cup – Global Record
| Format | Played matches | India wins | Pakistan wins | No results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Odi | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| T20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Looking at the figures only, India led the record in-head in the Asian Cup with 10 victories, while Pakistan won six victories. Two games ended without result. In the T20 format of the Asian Cup, the teams met three times, India winning twice and Pakistan once. In the ODIs, they met 15 times, India winning eight, Pakistan five and two games producing no results.
India vs Pakistan in T20is (last 5 years – September 2020 to September 2025)
| Period of time | Played matches | India wins | Pakistan wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last 5 years | 5 | 3 | 2 |
India vs Pakistan in the ICC World Cups (all formats)
| Tournament type | Played matches | India wins | Pakistan wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODI World Cup | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| T20 World Cup | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Total combined | 16 | 15 | 1 |
India will enter this edition with not only history but a recent form on their side. In the past five years (September 2020 to September 2025), the two teams have played in five T20 internationals, India by hitting the head to head 3-2. This recent success gives them additional confidence because they aim to continue their domination in the shortest format.
Asia Cup 2025: India and Pakistan’s T20 Squads
Indian team: Suryakumar Yadav (C), Shubman Gill (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardin Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jiteh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Varun Chakaravarthy, Arsdeep Singh Yadav, Sanju Samon (WK) Ranku, rinku. Pakistan Squad: Salman Ali Agha (C), Abrramed, Fehaem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Husain Talaat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (WK), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Salman, Mirza, Salm Afridi, Suffyan Moqim.
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