Asia Cup 2018: Match 5, India vs Pakistan – Statistical Preview

India and Pakistan will be facing off for the first time since the last year Champions Trophy final but this time in an inconsequential game. Pakistan made into the Super-Four with a huge win over Hong Kong while India are on the same way against the Associate side. However, the match between the two teams in any format is big irrespective of the context. The arch-rivals will be up against each other once again in the next round and possibly in the tournament finals as well.

All the key stats and numbers ahead of the big game between India and Pakistan:

1 – Number of wickets Mohammad Amir has bagged in his last six ODI matches. In these games, Amir bowled 45 overs and conceded 163 runs at an economy rate of 3.62.

3 – Rohit Sharma is one of the three players with three fifty-plus scores in the Asia Cup against Pakistan. The stand-in Indian captain’s scores in Asia Cup against Pakistan read: 0*, 58, 22, 68 and 56.

5 – India and Pakistan have won five games apiece out of the 11 meetings in the Asia Cup. Another game ended without a result. Since 2010, India have won seven of the 11 ODI matches against Pakistan.

8.71 – KL Rahul’s batting average in the ODI format since the start of 2017. He has mustered only 61 runs in his previous eight innings with the best score of 17. In his debut ODI series in Zimbabwe in 2016, Rahul amassed196 runs where his scores read 100*, 33 and 63*.

9 – Pakistan have won each of their previous nine ODI matches played in the UAE. Their last defeat here was way back in November 2015 against England.

47.46 – Shoaib Malik has a batting average of 47.46 in the ODIs against India. In the 39 innings against the Men in Blue, he has scored 1661 runs with four centuries. Against the remaining teams, the Pakistan all-rounder has 5363 runs at 32.5 with five hundreds.

307 – Malik has scored 307 runs in only three matches in the Asia Cup against India. These are the most runs scored by any player in the India-Pakistan matches in the Asia Cup. Rohit Sharma’s 204 runs in five innings are the 4th most overall and the second most by an Indian in the Ind-Pak matches in this tournament.

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