Team India's top five match-winners against Pakistan

As the Men in Blue prepare to take on Pakistan in their T20 World Cup 2024 clash in New York all eyes will be on Team India superstars like Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma Hardik Pandya etc who have had an extremely consistent record against their archrivals across all formats during these yearsThe highlyanticipated T20 World Cup 2024 Group A clash between India and Pakistan will take place on Sunday at New Yorks Nassau County International Stadium Having secured a comprehensive win against Ireland India will be riding high on confidence and winning momentum However Pakistan on the other hand will be aiming to overcome the blues from defeat to cohosts and World Cup debutants USA by defeating their biggest rival in the sportAhead of the mega encounter MidDay looks at records of five of Men in Blues biggest matchwinners against PakistanVirat KohliKohli against Pakistan in T20 WC 308 runs in five matches at an average of 30800 and a strike rate of 13275 with four halfcenturies and best score of 82Kohli against Pakistan in T20Is 488 runs in 10 matches and 10 innings at an average of 8133 with a strike rate of 12385 This includes fivehalfcenturies and best score of 82Kohli against Pakistan across all formats 1166 runs in 26 matches at an average of 6136 and a strike rate of 10897 with three centuries and seven halfcenturies The best score of 183Notable performance 82 at Melbourne Cricket Ground T20 World Cup 2022 during a runchase of 160 runs This came when India was 314 at one pointRohit SharmaRohit against Pakistan in T20 WC Five matches 68 runs at an average of 1700 and a strike rate of 12142 with best score of 30Rohit against Pakistan in T20Is 114 runs in 10 T20Is at an average of 1425 and a strike rate of 11875 with the best score of 30Rohit against Pakistan across all formats 987 runs in 30 matches and 29 innings at an average of 3948 and a strike rate of 9481 with two centuries and eight fifties His best score is 140Notable performance 30 in just 16 balls in the T20 World Cup 2007 final which took India to a matchwinning total of 1575 and 140 at Manchester during the 2019 Cricket World Cup which took India to a matchwinning total of 3365Hardik PandyaHardik against Pakistan in T20 WC 51 runs in two innings at an average of 2550 and a strike rate of 11333 with the best score of 40 Four wickets in three matches at an average of 1374 and a strike rate of 900 with the best figures of 330Hardik against Pakistan in T20Is 84 runs in six matches at an average of 2100 and a strike rate of 12727 with the best score of 40 11 wickets in six matches at an average of 1200 and economy rate of 95 with the best figures of 38Hardik against Pakistan across all formats 293 runs in nine innings and 13 matches at an average of 4185 and a strike rate of 13080 with two halfcenturies Best score of 87 19 wickets in 13 matches at an average of 1826 and a strike rate of 187 with best figures of 38Notable performance 40 and 330 during T20 World Cup 2022 at Melbourne Cricket Ground MCG First his spell helped India get a modest target of 160 runs and then a century partnership with Virat helped India secure a memorable win after they were 314 at one pointJasprit BumrahJasprit against Pakistan in T20 WCs One wicket in two matches at an average of 5400 and a strike rate of 4200 with the best figures of 132Jasprit against Pakistan in T20Is Two wickets in three matches at an average of 3100 and a strike rate of 3000 and an economy rate of 620 with the best figures of 18Jasprit Bumrah against Pakistan across all formats Nine wickets in 11 matches at an average of 3266 a strike rate of 407 and an economy rate of 480 with the best figures of 219Notable performance 219 in seven overs at Ahmedabads Narendra Modi Stadium during Cricket World Cup 2023 last year which restricted Pakistan to just 191 runs India won this game by seven wicketsKuldeep YadavKuldeep against Pakistan across all formats 12 wickets in six ODIs at an average of 1416 and a strike rate of 225 an economy rate of 377 with the best figures of 525Notable performance 525 in eight overs at Asia Cup finals in Colombo last year which helped India skittle out Pakistan for just 128 runs while defending 357 runs