Pakistan vs India, Asia Cup 2023, Super Four, Match 3: Stats Preview of Players' Records and Approaching Milestones

India (IND) and Pakistan (PAK) will horns  for the second time in the third match of Super Four of Super 11 Asia Cup 2023 on September 10 at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.

India will be coming into the contest on the back of a solid 10-wicket win over Nepal in their second game while their first game against Pakistan did not produce a result due to rain. Ishan Kishan Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill are among the runs for India in Asia Cup 2023, with Kishan and  Pandya scoring their respective fifties in 138-run stand against Pakistan. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill too registered their half-centuries against Nepal, chasing 145 in 23 overs without losing a wicket

In the bowling department, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Siraj picked up three wickets each against Nepal while Kuldeep Yadav was much impressive and economical. India will look to continue their dominance when they meet Pakistan in Colombo in the third match of Super Four.

Pakistan, on the other hand, will be entering into the contest on the back of clinical display with both bat and ball. Though they had a washed-out game against India, Pakistan have managed to bowl out the opponents on all the three occasions. Out of 30 wickets taken by Pakistan, 24 have come from pacers while spinners have accounted for just 6 wickets.

The pace trio of Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah and Shaheen Afridi have together accounted for 23 out of 24 wickets pacers have taken. In the batting department, Babar Azam and Iftikhar Ahmed scored centuries against Nepal while Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq contributed with fifties against Bangladesh. Pakistan will look to continue their dominance and with a win against India will certainly fancy their chances for yet another final-berth.

Meanwhile let us look at the stats and approaching milestones ahead of Asia Cup 2023, Super Four, Match 3, India and Pakistan’s game:

PAK vs IND Head-to-Head Record: 

In as many as 133 games played between both teams, Pakistan has the upper hand with 73 wins while India have managed to win 55 games. 5 matches have ended in no-result.

In Asia Cup ODI, both teams have played 14 matches with India winning 7 games and Pakistan winning 5 games, two games ended in no-result.

98 - Virat Kohli (12902) requires 98 runs to complete 13000 runs in ODIs.

78 - Rohit Sharma (9922) needs 78 runs to complete 10000 runs in ODIs.

3 - Ravindra Jadeja (197) needs three more wickets to get to 200 ODI wickets.

4 - Mohammed Siraj (46) needs 4 wickets to reach the milestone of 50 wickets in ODIs.

5 - Babar Azam (45) needs five grabs to complete 50 catches in ODIs.

1 - Shadab Khan (199) requires one scalp to reach 200 wickets across formats.

134 - Fakhar Zaman (4866) needs 134 runs to complete 5000 runs in international cricket.

33 - Imam-ul-Haq (2967) needs 33 runs to complete 3000 runs in ODI cricket.

14 - KL Rahul (1986) requires 14 runs to complete 2000 ODI runs.