Asia Cup 2023: Highest run getters for India against Pakistan in Sri Lanka

3. MS Dhoni

Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored a match-winning fifty in the Dambulla ODI in 2010. It was a 'revenge' game for the men in blues after what happened in the Champions Trophy earlier that year. And like any other India-Pakistan game it had a nail-biting finish in the very last over.

India lost two wickets early and in walked Dhoni at number four. He joined Gautam Gambhir at the crease who was batting rock solid. At that time MS was among the top-ranked ICC batters. He promoted himself up the order ahead of Rohit Sharma that day.

Dhoni played a supportive role to Gambhir, much like a second fiddle. He was rotating the strike quite well. He reached his fifty with a six over mid-wicket region of Akhtar's bowling. But eventually, he couldn't capitalise on the start he got. Later India sealed the match with a famous six from Harbhajan Singh in the last ball.