India vs Pakistan স্কোরকার্ড, Match 16, ICC T20 World Cup 2021

India have lost just one of their eight men’s T20I matches against Pakistan; the Men in Blue have never lost a match against Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup, winning all five including the final in the inaugural edition of the tournament.

India have lost their last two men’s T20I matches away from home, the last time they lost more consecutive matches on the road was during May 2010 (3 matches).

Pakistan are currently on a 11 match winning streak in men’s T20Is in the United Arab Emirates, the last time they lost a match at this venue was against England in November 2015.

Only Sri Lanka have won more matches in the ICC World T20 tournament than India and Paksitan; the Men in Blue have won 21 of their 32 matches (L11), while Pakistan have won 19 of their 34 (L15).

Pakistan lost their last three matches of the previous edition of the ICC World T20 tournament, they have never lost four consecutive matches in this competition.

Pakistan have a catch success percentage of 86% in men’s T20I since the beginning of 2020, the best rate amongst Test-playing teams; they have dropped just 17 of their 121 chances.

Since the beginning of 2020, no player has scored more runs in men’s T20Is than Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (885 runs); he has nine scores of 50+ in that time (including a century), a joint-most along with Babar Azam.

No player has scored more runs in men’s T20Is than India’s Virat Kohli (3159); he has 28 scores of 50+ in the format, also the most by a player.

Babar Azam (28) is set to make his 29th appearance as captain of Pakistan in men’s T2OI, only two players have more appearances as skipper of Pakistan than Azam (Shahid Afridi - 43, Sarfaraz Ahmed – 37).

Rohit Sharma (India) has struck 133 boundary sixes in men’s T20I cricket, only New Zealand’s Martin Guptill (147) has struck more boundary sixes in the format than the Indian opener.