India v Pakistan: Locking horns in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
The world is abuzz with the much-anticipated Semi-Final of the ICC Cricket Cup 2011 between arch rivals, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and Pakistan on 30th March, at Mohali- only a few hours away from now. It will be second Semi-Final of the tournament; the first was
played between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, India.
Both countries have faced each other four times in the World Cups, ever since it commenced in 1975, with India winning all four. We will analyze the previous four games and the performances of their past teams.
1992 Benson and Hedges World Cup
The match was played on 4th http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney. India scored 216 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 49 overs. Sachin Tendulkar top scored with 54 runs in a partnership with Ajay Jadeja contributing 46 runs.
Mushtaq Ahmed was the star wicket taker with 3 wickets; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aaqib-Javed-c41431 took 2 as Wasim Haider claimed a wicket.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580 scored 40 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javagal-Srinath-c66513 had 2 victims each, as Sachin Tendulkar and Venkatapathy Raju claimed a wicket each.
India won the match by 43 runs.
1996 Wills World Cup
The Quarter-Final was played at Bangalore on 9th March, with India scoring a memorable 287 runs when they had lost 8 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Navjot Sidhu was the star batsman with 93 runs and Jadeja came out with 45 runs.
Waqar Younis and Mushtaq Ahmed held 2 wickets each as three bowlers claimed a wicket each.
The entire Pakistan team went back to the pavilion once they scored 248 runs in 49 overs. Aamer Sohail was the chief scorer with 55 runs and Saeed Anwar scored 48 runs.
Venkatesh Prasad and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737 each grabbed three wickets, as the remaining two bowlers got a wicket each.
India won the match by 39 runs.
1999 ICC Cricket World Cup
Both teams qualified for the Super Sixes stage and the match was played at Manchester, England on 8th June.
India posted 227 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs, Rahuul Dravid was the highest scorer with 61 runs and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Azharuddin-c76823 scored 59 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Mahmood-c1116 took 2 wickets each as two bowlers claimed a wicket each.
Pakistan was bowled out at 45.3 overs; http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Inzamam-ul-Haq-c64383 was the top scorer with 41 runs with Saeed Anwar sharing a partnership of 36 runs.
Prasad wrecked the Pakistan batting and sent back five batsmen, Srinath took three as Kumble had two wickets.
India won the match by 47 runs.
2003 ICC Cricket World Cup
The event took place on 1st March at Super Sport Park, Centurion. Pakistan posted on board 273 runs as they lost 7 wickets in 50 overs. Saeed Anwar came out with an elegant century and scored 101 runs with Younis Khan scoring 32 runs.
Zaheer Khan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashish-Nehra-c46293 claimed 2 wickets each as two bowlers shared a wicket each.
India chased the target in 45.4 overs; Tendulkar was unlucky to miss the century by two runs, and Yuvraj Singh remained unbeaten at 50 runs.
Waqar Younis took 2 wickets as two bowlers claimed a wicket each.
India won the match by 6 wickets.
India has an edge over Pakistan by a clean sweep of 4-0 in the World Cup matches so far. They are appearing for the fifth time in the big event, with both teams hoping to win the match. India will try to make it 5-0, as Pakistan aims to do its best to reduce
the deficit by one game.
Tags: