3 Best Matches India and Pakistan in Asia Cup

Asia cup is one of the most awaited tournaments ever, and people are extremely excited about it because of their rivalry. Both teams are very hard working, but India also holds the record of the most winning teams in the Asia cup. Even in the augural season of the Asia cup, only three teams were playing with each other India, Pakistan, and Srilanka.

3 Best Matches India and Pakistan in Asia Cup:

Although all the matches between India and Pakistan are exciting but following are some of the best matches that are discussed below:

• India vs. Pakistan 2010
• India vs. Pakistan Asia cup 1984
• Pakistan vs. Pak Asia Cup 1995

1: India vs. Pakistan, 2010

It was also one of the most thrilling matches of India in 2010 when India was considered a champion team because it was winning all the tournaments. In this match also, Pakistan won the toss and was selected to bat first. Unfortunately, right after starting the match, they started to lose the essential wickets, but Kamran Akmal s well as Salman Butt managed to score the fifties; the entire team was out on 267 runs in 49.3 overs. 

When India started batting, they also lost some crucial wickets, which was when the match became crucial and exciting. Then Harbhajan Singh came to bat, hitting two sixes over Shoaib Akhter’s ball.

2: India VS Pakistan Asia cup 1984

As you know, in 1986, India was considered one of the best cricket teams in the world, especially in the Asia cup, because only a few teams were participating, and they also won the title of the 1984 Asia cup. After that, they even won the world championship in c. 1984, the inaugural season of the Asia cup; as mentioned earlier, both teams played well. Through their continuous efforts, they qualified for the finals.

At the start of the match, Indian batters couldn’t play well, and they all scored 188 runs. Pakistan was aware that India didn’t have a good bowling attack. But India depended entirely upon Roger Binny and a few other players. He took crucial wickets for Pakistan, like Zaheer Abbas, Qasim Umar, etc. 

A well-known player of India, Ravi Shastri, also took some very important wickets from Pakistan which broke its backbone and India managed to win the match.

3: Pakistan vs. Pak Asia Cup 1995

It was the year 1995 when Pakistan defeated India in Sharjah cricket stadium, their hardworking player Wasim Akram managed to make his 50, and he was not even out on 46 as well as Inzamam ul Haq also managed to make fifty. They scored a total of 266 for 9.

Meanwhile, Indian players were out over 37 for 4 until Sanjay Manjrekar and Sidhu managed to score the fifties. However, they couldn’t win the match, and Pakistan dominated them. Pakistan won the match by a huge margin of 97 runs.

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