Asia Cup 2022, India vs Pakistan: How the T20I numbers stack up

Despite not playing any bilateral series in the last decade, the two teams have faced each other in as many as 200 international matches (Tests, ODIs & T20Is) so far. The last clash between the Men in Blue and the Men in Green was their encounter at last year's T20 World Cup in Dubai, where Pakistan registered their first ever World Cup win against India ever, defeating their rivals by a whopping margin of 10 wickets.

India though have overall dominated Pakistan in the T20 format, despite losing comprehensively against them the last time they played each other. The two teams which have played the most number of T20Is in the world overall, Pakistan (190) and India (174), have played just nine matches against each other so far in the shortest format, with India winning six of them against two by Pakistan -- one (first ever T20I between India and Pak at the 2007 T20 WC) ended in a tie, which India won via a Bowl Out.

The stars of India vs Pakistan T20IsVirat Kohli has an outstanding record against Pakistan in the shortest format of the game, having scored 311 runs @77.75 in just 7 innings so far. He has hit three fifties against the arch-rivals, even though the strike rate is on the lower side -- 118.25. He is the leading run-scorer in the storied rivalry in the format, followed by Pakistan's Shoaib Malik who accumulated 164 runs @27.33 in 8 innings. Kohli will be seen in action at the Asia Cup, but Malik is not part of the Pakistan squad this time round. MOST RUNS IN INDIA VS PAK T20I MATCHES:

Matches Innings Runs HS Average SR 100s 50s Virat Kohli 7 7 311 78* 77.75 118.25 0 3 Shoaib Malik 9 8 164 57* 27.33 103.79 0 1 Md. Hafeez 8 7 156 61 26.00 118.18 0 2 Yuvraj Singh 8 8 155 72 25.83 109.92 0 1

Among the bowlers too,