India Has Strong Record Against Pakistan In The T20 World Cup: In the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, the match for which the fans were waiting the most, Team India has made it to the Super 8 by defeating Pakistan. India has defeated Pakistan by 61 runs. Team India’s bowlers bundled out the Pakistan team for 114 runs. In the match played at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo, the Indian team batted first and scored 175 runs.

This victory was Team India’s eighth victory over Pakistan in the T20 World Cup. So far, 9 T-20 matches have been played between the two teams in which India has won eight and Pakistan has won the only match. Team India has lost to Pakistan only once. This match was played in the 2021 T20 World Cup, which Pakistan won by 10 wickets. Let us tell you that whenever India-Pakistan teams have clashed in the T20 World Cup, what happened and who has been the player of the match?

1. 2007 T20 World Cup

Group Stage: Team India defeated Pakistan in bowl out

Player of the match: Robin Uthappa

The first T20 World Cup was played in the year 2007. Already in the 10th match of the group stage of the World Cup, there was a clash between the teams of India and Pakistan. After losing the toss and opting to bat first, India scored 141 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs thanks to Robin Uthappa’s half-century. In response, Pakistan team could also score only 141 runs for seven wickets in 20 overs, in which Misbah-ul-Haq scored the highest score of 53 runs. At that time, there was no Super Over, instead there was a ball out, in which the bowlers from both the teams had to hit the wicket five times one by one.

2. 2007 T20 World Cup

Final: India became world champion by defeating Pakistan by five runs

Player of the match: Irfan Pathan

After the group stage match in the 2007 T20 World Cup, both the teams also clashed in the final. In this title match, Indian captain MS Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. Thanks to Gautam Gambhir’s 75 runs on 54 balls and Rohit Sharma’s 30* runs on 16 balls, India scored a total of 157 runs after losing 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, Pakistan team lost 9 wickets for 141 runs. However, Misbah-ul-Haq was at the crease then and Pakistan needed 13 runs to win in the last over. Misbah hit a six on the second ball of Joginder Sharma who came to bowl the last over. On the third ball, he tried to hit a big shot on fine leg, but due to low speed of the ball, the ball could not cross the boundary line and went into the hands of Sreesanth and India had won the match by five runs.

3. 2012 T20 World Cup

Super-8: Team India defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets

Player of the match: Virat Kohli

After India became the world champion in the first edition of the T20 World Cup, Pakistan became the world champion in the second edition of this tournament. In this, the Pakistan team did not face India, whereas in the 2010 World Cup also the two teams did not face each other. In the year 2012, India and Pakistan competed in the Super-8 round. Batting first, Pakistan team was all out for 128 runs. In reply, Team India achieved the target in the 17th over. Virat Kohli was not out after scoring 78 runs on 61 balls. Virender Sehwag played an unbeaten inning of 29 runs and Yuvraj Singh played an unbeaten inning of 19 runs.

4. 2014 T20 World Cup

Group Stage: Team India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets

Player of the match: Amit Mishra

India and Pakistan faced each other again in the 2014 T20 World Cup. After losing the toss and batting first, Pakistan scored 130 runs in 20 overs. In reply, Team India achieved the target in 18.3 overs. In this match, Virat Kohli scored 36 runs and Suresh Raina scored 35 runs, while in bowling, Amit Mishra took 2 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs.

5. 2016 T20 World Cup

Super-10: India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets

Player of the match: Virat Kohli

The teams of India and Pakistan faced each other in the Super-10 round of the 2016 T20 World Cup. This match was reduced to 18 overs only due to rain. Batting first, Pakistan scored 118 runs. In reply, Team India lost three wickets for 23 runs, but after this Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 55 runs on 37 balls and Yuvraj Singh scored 24 runs on 23 balls and won the match by six wickets.

6. 2021 T20 World Cup

Super-12: Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets

Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi

India and Pakistan faced each other in the T20 World Cup in 2021 after five years. In this match, Pakistan won against India for the first time. India, who came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start and Team India lost three important wickets in the powerplay itself. Thanks to the half-century of captain Virat Kohli, India scored 151 runs. In reply, while chasing the target, Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan batted brilliantly and returned after giving victory to the Pakistan team. Rizwan scored 79 not out and Babar scored 68 not out. On the basis of half-century innings of both of them, Pakistan won this match by 10 wickets.

7. 2022 T20 World Cup

Super-12: India defeated Pakistan by 4 wickets

Player of the match: Virat Kohli

In the Super-12 match of T20 World Cup 2022, India defeated Pakistan by four wickets. Batting first in the match played in Melbourne, Pakistan scored 159 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply, India won the match by scoring 160 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. Virat Kohli was the hero of Team India’s victory. He played an excellent inning of 82 runs unbeaten in 53 balls with the help of 6 fours and 4 sixes. Virat was chosen player of the match for this innings.

8. 2024 T20 World Cup

Group Stage: Team India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs

Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah

India defeated Pakistan by 6 runs in a thrilling match of T20 World Cup 2024. Batting first, Team India was reduced to 119 runs in 19 overs. In reply, Pakistan team was looking in a very strong position and in the 14th over, Pakistan’s score was 80 runs for three wickets, but after this the match also turned upside down. Jasprit Bumrah came to bowl in the 19th over and he gave only three runs and also took the wicket of Iftikhar. Pakistan needed 18 runs to win in the 20th over. However, Arshdeep Singh spent only 11 runs and took the wicket of Imad Wasim. Bumrah, who took three wickets for India, was chosen as the player of the match.