The most significant game of the ICC World Cup 2019 is set to take place on Sunday (June 16) at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester as traditional rivals India will face Pakistan in this pavilion clash of the league stage.
The threat of rain, however, looms largely of India vs Pakistan clash as the English summer has not really been kind to the Cricket World Cup so far.
The Manchester game is already sold-out weeks in advance with people dying to see the two Asian giants in action on Father’s Day. India has never lost in a game to Pakistan in the World Cups till date and Virat Kohli & Co will look to keep this record intact against Sarfaraz Ahmed’s side.
Millions of fans across the globe couldn’t have asked for a better start to the ICC Cricket World Cup than a mouth-watering India vs Pakistan clash. It is like a final before the final, not only for fans but also for both teams. The ICC Cricket World Cup has perfectly slotted this iconic game at the start of the tournament which will ease out the pressure on both teams and help them focus on their ultimate goal -winning the World Cup.
India carries the pressure of keeping their untouched record of not losing against Pakistan in five previous ICC Cricket World Cup games.
India vs Pakistan cricket matches
India vs Pakistan cricket matches is some of the most watched television broadcasts in both countries. In 2011, the World Cup attracted an average audience of nearly 135 million in India alone. While in 2015, World Cup opening match between India and Pakistan had a 14.8% TV rating (TAM data M15+ ABC) in India, with a live reach of 288 million. In total, the match is estimated to have drawn over 1 billion viewers worldwide. The most probable number of viewers for India vs Pakistan encounter at the T20 World Cup in 2016 was more than 83 million.
Every time India beat Pakistan in the world ODI a T20 cup. World Cup, 1992. India won by 43 runs.
Pakistan won the 1992 World Cup. That was the first time Pakistan won the cricket world cup. In 1992, the Cricket World Cup in Australia & New Zealand marked Pakistan’s first World Cup victory…the most important part of the final was the two important wickets of WASIM AKRAM he got in 44th over which made Pakistan win the WORLD CUP.
India has never lost an ICC World Cup game to Pakistan. In 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, at the height of a limited war between the two countries in Kargil, the two sides played a low-scoring game in Manchester and India won by 47 runs. Six Pakistani soldiers and three Indian officers were killed in Kargil on the day of the match.
India at the World Cup-
The Indian cricket team is two times World Champions of ICC World Cup. And in addition to winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup, they triumphed over Sri Lanka in the 2011 Cricket World Cup on home soil. The Indian cricket team was also runners-up at the 2003 Cricket World Cup, and semifinalists thrice in (1987, 1996 and 2015).
In 2011, the 2nd semi-final of ICC Cricket World Cup was played between the Indian cricket team and the Pakistani cricket team at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali on 30 March 2011. India won the toss and choose to bat, making 260 runs in their 50 overs while losing 9 wickets. Pakistan, after starting well fell short, in 49.5 overs scoring 231 runs. Thus India won the match by 29 runs and qualified for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup Final against the Sri Lanka national cricket team. India successively beat Sri Lanka, winning the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
