ODI World Cup 2023: Match 12, IND vs PAK Stats & Records at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. (Photo Source: X/Twitter)

The most awaited contest of the World Cup is set to take place as the favourites India take on their Arch-Rivals Pakistan in match number 12 of ICC ODI World Cup 2023, at the world’s largest venue in the form of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, on October 14, 2023.

India enter the contest on the back of strong performances in the two games. First, they defeated Australia in Chennai by six wickets, then, they defeated Afghanistan by a massive margin of 8 wickets and 15 overs to spare while chasing a target of 273. They remain unbeaten in the tournament, with 2 wins in 2 games, they are placed third in the points table just below South Africa and New Zealand.

Virat Kohli is among the runs for India as he has so far aggregated 140 runs at an average of 140 including two fifties while Rohit Sharma has scored 131 runs including a century and KL Rahul has scored 97 runs. In the bowling department, Jasprit Bumrah has been impressive with 6 wickets to his name in 2 matches while Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja all have picked three wickets each. India has a record of not losing a single game against Pakistan in ODI World Cups and will look to carry the winning run.

Pakistan, on the other hand, will head into the game on the back of two wins in Hyderabad. They first defeated the Netherlands in the first game while in the second game, they not only won the game but did that in style by registering a record chase of 345 runs in a World Cup game. Mohammad Rizwan was brilliant in the chase, scoring an unbeaten 131, while Abdullah Shafique, who loves to play against Sri Lanka, continued his rich vein of runs against them by scoring a sensational century before getting dismissed on 113.

In the bowling department, Hasan Ali was the pick of bowlers as he has justified his selection by picking up six wickets in the two games so far while Haris Rauf has accounted for 5 wickets so far. Pakistan have never defeated India in the ODI World Cup history and will hope to produce a different result in the upcoming game.

India vs Pakistan Head-to-Head

In overall 134 games played between the two teams; Pakistan have dominated the contest with 73 wins while India have won 56 games. 5 games have not yielded results.

 

ODI Stats at Narendra Modi Stadium

In as many as 27 games played here at this venue, the pacers have taken 216 wickets at an average of 33.18, while spinners have taken 118 wickets at an average of 39.93. Teams batting first have won 14 games and teams chasing have won 13 games.  The average score while batting first here is 243. Teams will be inclined to let their opponents chase at this venue even though it may turn out to be a high-scoring contest.

 

X-factors between India and Pakistan

India: Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has been impressive against Pakistan in ODI formats, scoring 662 runs in 15 innings at an average of 55.16 including 3 hundreds and he will be the X-factor for Team India when they take on Pakistan in Ahmedabad.

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique

Abdullah Shafique has been among the runs in recent times as he scored a fifty against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup and followed it up with a blistering century against the same opposition in the World Cup. He is carrying his rich vein of form and would be the key if Pakistan need to go big in the game against India.

The Battle of Bigs to Watch Out For

Rohit Sharma vs Shadab Khan

In 5 innings played between the two, Rohit Sharma has scored 117 runs at an average of 58.50 and has struck at 134.48 while Shadab Khan has taken 2 wickets and has bowled 30 dot balls against Rohit. This battle will be interesting to watch as Rohit will tend to score runs against Shadab while Shadab will try to dent Rohit’s scoring. 

Babar Azam vs Kuldeep Yadav

In three innings battled between the two, Babar Azam has managed to score only 18 runs at an average of 9 while Kuldeep Yadav has picked him twice in 34 balls and has bowled 17 dots. Rohit would bring in Kuldeep early in the game to counter Babar Azam.

India vs Pakistan Probable XIs

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill/ Ishan Kishan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur/ Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj/ Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah

Pakistan: Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Saud Shakeel, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf