India vs Pakistan in ODIs: Statistical Analysis

The biggest match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be played between arch-rivals India and Pakistan on Sunday February 15th at the Adelaide Oval in Australia. This is sixth time in the history of mega event when both rivals are head to head. They previously collided in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2011. The statistical analysis revealed that Pakistan have never won from India in ICC mega event. Overall analysis also indicates that Pakistan is far ahead in ODIs victories from India. Definitely, none of them wants to loss that crucial game. India would like to continuous the streak by repeating the history. Other the other hand Pakistan will try to change the history. Before the epic competition let’s take a look at statistical analysis of India vs Pakistan in ODIs.

India vs Pakistan in ICC Cricket World Cups

World Cup	Match Type	Venue	Score	Result	Man of Match
1992	Group match	Sydney	Ind 216/7, Pak 173/10	India won by 43 runs	Sachin Tendulk
1996	Quarter-Final	Bangalore	Ind 287/8, Pak 248/9	India won by 39 runs	Navjot Sidhu
1999	Super-Sixes	Manchester	Ind 227/6, Pak 180/10	India won by 47 runs	Venkatesh Prasad
2003	Group match	Centurion	Pak 273/7, Ind 276/4	India won by 6 wickets	Sachin Tendulkar
2011	Semi-Finals	Mohali	Ind 260/9, Pak 231/10	India won by 29 run	Sachin Tendulkar

India have 100% winning percentage in ICC cricket world cups. But in overall ODI competitions the winning percentage of India is just 37%. Total 126 matches are played between both rivals so for. Out of 126 Pakistan have won 72 and blue shirts won 50 matches while four matches ended without any result.

India vs Pakistan – Head to Head in ODIs
Matches	Won by Pakistan	Won by India	No Result/Abandoned
126	72	50	4

India vs Pakistan: Batting Records

Below are the batting records of India vs Pakistan in ODIs. Sachin Tendulkar is the most run scorer in India vs Pakistan ODI competitions.

India vs Pakistan: Most Runs (top 10)
Player	Country	Matches	Innings	Runs	Highest Score	Average
SR Tendulkar	India	69	67	2526	141	40.09
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	67	64	2403	123	43.69
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	50	48	2002	194	43.52
R Dravid	India	58	55	1899	107	36.51
M Azharuddin	India	64	59	1657	101	31.86
SC Ganguly	India	53	50	1652	141	35.14
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	37	37	1634	143	49.51
Saleem Malik	Pakistan	52	51	1534	102	34.08
Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	53	51	1533	139*	35.65
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	66	63	1502	109	25.45

Saeed Anwar has a record of highest individual score in all competitions between Pakistan and India. He scored 194 runs against India in Chennai.

India vs Pakistan: Highest Individual Scores (top 10)
Player	Team	Runs	Balls	SR	Venue
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	194	146	132.87	Chennai
V Kohli	India	183	148	123.64	Dhaka
MS Dhoni	India	148	123	120.32	Visakhapatnam
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	143	127	112.59	Colombo (RPS)
SC Ganguly	India	141	144	97.91	Adelaide
SR Tendulkar	India	141	135	104.44	Rawalpindi
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	140	132	106.06	Dhaka
Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	139*	84	165.47	Lahore
Salman Butt	Pakistan	129*	136	94.85	Dhaka
Salman Butt	Pakistan	129	142	90.84	Kanpur

Similarly Sachin Tendulkar and Soloman Butt shared the record of most 100s in all competitions with five centuries each.

India vs Pakistan: Most Centuries (top 10)
Player	Country	Matches	Innings	100s
Salman Butt	Pakistan	21	21	5
SR Tendulkar	India	69	67	5
Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	37	37	4
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	50	48	4
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	67	64	4
Nasir Jamshed	Pakistan	6	6	3
Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	13	12	3
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	35	34	3
Younis Khan	Pakistan	36	36	3
NS Sidhu	India	28	25	2

 India Vs Pakistan: Bowling Records

The legendary Pakistani fast-bowler Wasim Akram holds the record of highest wickets with 60 wickets in all competitions between two opponents.

India vs Pakistan: Highest Wickets (top 10)
Player	Country	Matches	Innings	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	48	47	60	4/35	25.15	3.73
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	36	34	57	5/45	24.38	4.52
A Kumble	India	34	33	54	4/12	24.25	4.29
Aaqib Javed	Pakistan	39	36	54	7/37	24.64	4.45
J Srinath	India	36	36	54	4/49	30.68	5.04
BKV Prasad	India	29	29	43	5/27	28.90	4.66
N Kapil Dev	India	32	32	42	3/17	26.50	4.21
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	28	28	41	4/36	26.78	4.59
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	66	59	38	4/20	59.21	5.03
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	26	25	37	5/31	24.48	4.62

Aqib Javid of Pakistan holds the best bowling figures in all competitions between India and Pakistan. He has taken 7 wickets in 10 overs in Sharjah.

India vs Pakistan: Best Bowling Figure in an Innings 5 or More Wickets
Player	Country	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Venue
Aaqib Javed	Pakistan	10.0	1	37	7	3.70	Sharjah
Imran Khan	Pakistan	10.0	2	14	6	1.40	Sharjah
Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan	8.4	1	27	6	3.11	Jamshedpur
SC Ganguly	India	10.0	3	16	5	1.60	Toronto
Aaqib Javed	Pakistan	9.0	1	19	5	2.11	Sharjah
Arshad Ayub	India	9.0	0	21	5	2.33	Dhaka
Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	9.4	1	24	5	2.48	Delhi
BKV Prasad	India	9.3	2	27	5	2.84	Manchester
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	10.0	1	31	5	3.10	Sharjah
Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan	10.0	0	36	5	3.60	Toronto
Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan	10.0	1	38	5	3.80	Bangalore
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	10.0	0	45	5	4.50	Toronto
Wahab Riaz	Pakistan	10.0	0	46	5	4.60	Mohali
Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	10.0	0	48	5	4.80	Hobart
SR Tendulkar	India	10.0	1	50	5	5.00	Kochi
Aaqib Javed	Pakistan	10.0	0	61	5	6.10	Chennai

 India vs Pakistan: Wicket-keeping and Fielding Records

In wicket-keeping records once again Pakistan is on top. Moin Khan is the man with most dismissals. Similarly in fielding and catching records Indian are dominant.

India vs Pakistan: Most Dismissals (10 or More Dismissals)
Player	Country	Matches	Innings	Dismissals	Catches	Stumps
Moin Khan	Pakistan	49	47	71	58	13
MS Dhoni	India	30	30	36	28	8
Kamran Akmal	Pakistan	27	27	31	27	4
NR Mongia	India	29	29	29	22	7
Saleem Yousuf	Pakistan	14	14	21	15	6
Rashid Latif	Pakistan	11	11	14	9	5
SS Karim	India	14	14	14	13	1
R Dravid	India	58	10	12	11	1
KS More	India	12	12	12	8	4

 Mohammad Azharuddin with 44 catches is just ahead to Shahid Khan Afridi; who has taken 30 catches.

India vs Pakistan: Most Catches
Player	Country	Matches	Innings	Catches
M Azharuddin	India	64	64	44
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	66	64	30
SR Tendulkar	India	69	69	29
R Dravid	India	58	48	25
Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan	53	53	20
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	67	66	20
Younis Khan	Pakistan	36	36	18
M Kaif	India	21	21	16
V Sehwag	India	31	31	16

India vs Pakistan: Highest and Lowest Totals

India have the record to score highest and lowest totals. Highest total is 356 runs while lowest is 79 runs.

India vs Pakistan: Highest Totals (top 10)
Team	Score	Overs	Innings	Venue
India	356/9	50.0	1	Visakhapatnam
India	349/7	50.0	1	Karachi
Pakistan	344/8	50.0	2	Karachi
India	330/4	47.5	2	Dhaka
India	330/8	50.0	1	Dhaka
Pakistan	329/6	50.0	1	Rawalpindi
Pakistan	329/6	50.0	1	Dhaka
India	328	49.4	1	Peshawar
Pakistan	327/5	50.0	1	Chennai
Pakistan	322/6	49.5	2	Mohali

India vs Pakistan: Lowest Totals (top 10)
Team	Score	Overs	Innings	Venue
India	79	34.2	1	Sialkot
Pakistan	87	32.5	2	Sharjah
India	112	30.2	2	Lahore
Pakistan	116	45.0	1	Toronto
India	125	45.0	1	Sharjah
India	125	42.4	1	Sharjah
India	127	27.0	2	Amstelveen
Pakistan	134	39.4	2	Sharjah
India	135	36.1	2	Jaipur
Pakistan	136	42.4	2	Toronto

India vs Pakistan: Man of the Match Awards

In all competition between India and Pakistan Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly got most man of the match awards. Both star players declared man of the match eight times.

India vs Pakistan: Most Man of the Match Awards (top 10)
Player	Man of Matches
Sachin Tendulkar	8
Sourav Ganguly	8
Inzamam-ul-Haq	6
Aamer Sohail	5
MS Dhoni	5
Saeed Anwar	5
Shoaib Malik	5
Aaqib Javed	4
Saleem Malik	4
Younis Khan	4