Sreesanth held onto the catch, and India were champions!
#3 Pakistan would have broken the India World Cup jinx
Ad
Indian team members celebrate after winning the semi-final match against Pakistan in the 2011 World Cup
Ad
Trending
The Men in Blue have beaten Pakistan in each and every World Cup match till date, be it 50 overs World Cup or a T20 World Cup. Since 1992 Pakistan have lost 6 World Cup matches and 4 T20 World Cup matches to India. Their most recent encounter was in the 2016 World T20 in India.
Though Pakistan have a very good record against India in ODIs, they have found it impossible to beat them in any World Cup competition. Whether it is the pressure of an Indo-Pak match or the history of the World Cup matches between the arch-rivals, Pakistan have always struggled against the Men in Blue as far as World Cup cricket is concerned.
Ad
Misbah-ul-Haq was the man who almost broke the jinx for Pakistan in the 2007 T20 World Cup but eventually failed on both the occasions. In the group stage match, he almost finished off the match for Pakistan but was run out when the scores were level. India eventually won the match via a bowl-out.
In the final, he was the lone warrior on the battlefield as he kept losing his partners at the other end while chasing a target of 157. He ran Pakistan agonizingly close to India’s total but was eventually dismissed by Joginder Sharma in the final over of the match, giving India a victory by 5 runs.
×
Feedback
Why did you not like this content?
Was this article helpful?
Thank You for feedback
About the author
Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.
Trending
