Fascinating Facts About India vs Pakistan Asia Cup Clash

The Asia Cup has always been a major medium for the clash of the two cricket giants – India and Pakistan. With such big match records of both the teams in the Asia Cup, there are a lot of facts that you must also know. So here they are:

• Both teams have clashed 14 times so far in the Asia Cup. While India has an edge by winning 8 times, Pakistan has registered 5 wins over India in the Asia cup. One match ended in no result.
• In the 1997 Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan in Colombo, the match result got abandoned by heavy rain.
• While India has won the Asia Cup title record 7 times, Pakistan has been able to clinch the title only 2 times.
• In the year 1991, India was given the opportunity to host the Asia Cup. The same year, Pakistan withdrew from participating.
• India has faced defeat 3 times in the Asia Cup final. Amusingly, all three defeats were against Sri Lanka. As a matter of fact, India has also won the most number of finals against Sri Lanka.
• The Pakistan team has reached the Asia Cup final four times winning two of them. One against Sri Lanka and another against Bangladesh.
• Interestingly, India and Pakistan have never faced each other in the Asia Cup final.

So, this is it! There doesn’t come anything bigger than this in world cricket, it’s India vs Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2022 this Sunday on the 28th of August. For sure, everyone’s utterly excited for the fixture and why won’t it be the case? The past years’ rivalry between both the country, whether on the cricket ground or on the country line, makes the game more than just a game!

The two arch-rivals faced off each other around 9 months ago in the World T20 2021. In the fixture, in which, the Indian fans had to leave the stadium with some disappointment as the Blues got beaten by the Greens by 10 wickets. 

However, both the teams have gone through a lot of changes with the Indian skipper stepping down and new players joining both teams.

On the 28th of August at 7:30 PM, both India and Pakistan are surely going to pause for a few hours and will be watching the clash of rivals. But before that, how about we know some interesting facts and history about the clash of these two countries in the Asia Cup? 

Trust us, it'll tenfold your excitement for the upcoming fixture.