Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will face each other in match No. 6 of the Asia Cup 2025 on Sunday, September 14. Both the teams have won one match each so far in the ongoing eight-team tournament, and the winner of Sunday’s contest will confirm their place in the Super Fours. Ahead of the big match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, here’s a look at the combined best India-Pakistan T20I XI based on how they have performed in the matches played against each other.
Gautam Gambhir played five T20Is against Pakistan and scored 139 runs, which includes a memorable knock of 75 runs in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Mohammad Rizwan is Pakistan’s highest run-getter in T20Is against India. With the help of two half-centuries, he has hammered a total of 228 runs in five matches. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Virat Kohli played 11 T20Is against Pakistan and scored 492 runs at an average of 70.28 and a strike rate of 123.92. He slammed five fifties in the T20 format of the game against Men in Green. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Mohammad Hafeez played 8 T20Is against India and, with the help of two half-centuries, scored 156 runs. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Misbah-Ul-Haq played two T20Is against India in the 2007 T20 World Cup and scored 96 runs, which included 53 in the final that Pakistan lost by five runs. (Picture Credit: AFP)
MS Dhoni played 8 T20Is against Pakistan and in six innings scored 93 runs. Under his leadership, India won 7 fixtures against the Men in Green, which includes a famous win in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Hardik Pandya holds the record for taking the most wickets in India-Pakistan T20I matches. Apart from taking 13 wickets in seven matches, he has also scored 91 runs. (Picture Credit: AFP)
In seven T20Is played so far against the Pakistani team, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has picked up 11 wickets. He made his T20I debut against Pakistan on December 25, 2012, and finished with figures of 4-0-9-3. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Shaheen Shah Afridi has dismissed four Indian batters in three T20Is. The left-arm pacer picked up three wickets in the 2021 T20 World Cup match against the Virat Kohli-led side. (Picture Credit: AFP)
Jasprit Bumrah has dismissed 5 batters in four T20Is against Pakistan. In the 2024 T20 World Cup match played between the two teams in New York on June 9, he picked up 3 wickets for 14 runs to seal a famous win for the Men in Blue. (Picture Credit: AFP)
In two T20Is against India in 2007, Mohammad Asif picked up 5 wickets, which includes figures of 4/18 in four overs on September 14 in Durban. He still holds the record for best bowling figures in an India-Pakistan T20I match. (Picture Credit: AFP)
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