India and Pakistan are scheduled to meet in the ongoing WC 2023 at Ahmadabad on 14.10.23. The  following are the few key parameters of the previous encounters and also approaching milestones ahead of the encounter.

India and Pakistan have met each other on seven occasions in the World Cup.India has won all the seven games – six games by runs margin and one game by wicket margin

Team	Res	Margin	BR	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
India	won	43 runs		v Pakistan	Sydney	04 Mar 1992
India	won	39 runs		v Pakistan	Bengaluru	09 Mar 1996
India	won	47 runs		v Pakistan	Manchester	08 Jun 1999
India	won	06 wkts	26	v Pakistan	Centurion	01 Mar 2003
India	won	29 runs		v Pakistan	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
India	won	76 runs		v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
India	won	89 runs		v Pakistan	Manchester	16 Jun 2019

India has posted a team total of 300 plus runs against Pakistan in the World Cup while Pakistan is yet to post a total of 300 plus runs against India in the World Cup

No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	300/7	50.0	1	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
2	India	336/5	50.0	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	16 Jun 2019

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS BY EACH TEAM
No	Team	Score	Overs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	India	336-5	50.0	1	v Pakistan	Manchester	16 Jun 2019
2	Pakistan	273-7	50.0	2	V India	Centurion	01 Mar 2003

Indian batsmen have scored two centuries against India in the World Cup, while Pakistan batsmen have scored one century against India in the World Cup.

CENTURIONS
No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Saeed Anwar	101	1	Pak	Ind	Centurion	01 Mar 2003
1	V Kohli	107	1	Ind	Pak	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
2	RG Sharma	140	1	Ind	Pak	Manchester	16 Jun 2019

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL INNINGS FOR EACH  TEAM
No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	RG Sharma	140	1	Ind	Pak	Manchester	16 Jun 2019
2	Saeed Anwar	101	1	Pak	Ind	Centurion	01 Mar 2003

Indian batsmen have scored eleven half centuries against Pakistan in the World Cup, while Pakistan batsmen have scored five half centuries against India in the World Cup

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SR Tendulkar	54*	1	India	v Pakistan	Sydney	04 Mar 1992
2	NS Sidhu	93	1	India	v Pakistan	Bengaluru	09 Mar 1996
3	R Dravid	61	1	India	v Pakistan	Manchester	08 Jun 1999
4	M Azharuddin	59	1	India	v Pakistan	Manchester	08 Jun 1999
5	SR Tendulkar	98	2	India	v Pakistan	Centurion	01 Mar 2003
6	Yuvraj Singh	50*	2	India	v Pakistan	Centurion	01 Mar 2003
7	SR Tendulkar	85	1	India	v Pakistan	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
8	S Dhawan	73	1	India	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
9	SK Raina	74	1	India	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
10	KL Rahul	57	1	India	v Pakistan	Manchester	16 Jun 2019
11	V Kohli	77	1	India	v Pakistan	Manchecster	16 Jun 2019
No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Aamer Sohail	62	2	Pakistan	v India	Sydney	04 Mar 1992
2	Aamer Sohail	55	2	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	09 Mar 1996
3	Misbah-ul-Haq	56	2	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	76	2	Pakistan	v India	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
5	Fakhar Zaman	62	2	Pakistan	v India	Manchester	16 Jun 2019

Indian bowlers have captured four or more wickets on two occasions against Pakistan in the World Cup, while Pakistan bowlers have captured four or more wickets on two occasions against Indiain the World Cup,

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS
No	Player	O	M	R	W	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BKV Prasad	9.3	2	27	5	2	India	v Pakistan	Manchester	08 Jun 1999
2	Mohammed Shami	9.0	1	35	4	2	India	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
1	Wahab Riaz	10.0	0	46	5	1	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
2	Sohail Khan	10.0	0	55	5	1	Pakistan	v India	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015

BEST INNINGS BOWLING EFFORT FOR EACH TEAM
No	Player	O	M	R	W	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	BKV Prasad	9.3	2	27	5	2	India	v Pakistan	Manchester	08 Jun 1999
1	Wahab Riaz	10.0	0	46	5	1	Pakistan	v India	Mohali	30 Mar 2011

Indian batsmen have posted four century partnerships against Pakistan in the World Cup, while Pakistann batsmen have posted one century partnerships against India in the World Cup.

THREE FIGURE PARTNERSHIPS
No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	M Kaif, SR Tendulkar	3	102	2	India	v Pakistan	Centurion	01 Mar 2003
2	S Dhawan, V Kohli	2	129	1	India	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
3	V Kohli, SK Raina	3	110	1	India	v Pakistan	Adelaide	15 Feb 2015
4	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	136	1	India	v Pakistan	Manchester	16 Jun 2019
1	Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman	2	104	2	Pakistan	v India	Manchester	16 Jun 2019

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH TEAM
No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	I	Team	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	KL Rahul, RG Sharma	1	136	1	India	v Pakistan	Manchester	16 Jun 2019
2	Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman	2	104	2	Pakistan	v India	Manchester	16 Jun 2019

Approaching milestones

RG Sharma will become the fifth captain to lead India against Pakistan in the World Cup while Babar Azam will become the eighth captain to lead Pakistan against India in the World Cup. Thus both the teams will have new captains for this game.

KL Rahul will become the fifth wicket keeper to don the gloves for India against Pakistan, while Mohammad Rizwan will become the fifth wicket keeper to don the gloves for Pakistan against India. Thus both the teams will have new wicket  keepers for this game

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1170 runs in the World Cup.  He needs 30 more runs for his 1200 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the second Indian batsman to total 1200 runs in the World Cup. SR Tendulkar has an aggregate of 2278 runs

V Kohli has an aggregate of 1170 runs in the World Cup.  He needs 30 more runs for his 1200 runs. If he gets them, then he would become the sixth batsman to total 1200 runs in the World Cup. Others are – SR Tendulkar {2278}, RT Pontong {1743}, KC Sangakkara {1532}, BC Lara {1225} and AB de Villiers {1207}

RG Sharma an V Kohli have scored ten fifties in World Cuo prior to this game. One more fifty would fetch them their eleventh fifty in World Cup. If they score a fifty. Then they would become the fifth and sixth batsmen in the World Cup to score eleven or more fifties in the World Cup. Orhers are – SR Tendulkar {21}, Shakib Al Hasan {12}, KC Sangakkara {12} and RT Ponting {11}

If India wins this game with V Kohli’s century,V Kohli would become the first batsman to score 40 centuries in a team’s win in one day internationals.

RG Sharma has an aggregate of 972 runs as an opening batsman in India’s winning matches in the World Cup.He needs 28 more runs for his 1000 runs in winning World Cup matches. If he gets these runs and India wins the game, he would become the third opening batsman to score 1000 runs in winning World Cup matches. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1160} and AC Gilchrist {1051}

RG Sharma has an aggregate of 972 runs in India’s winning matches in the World Cup. He needs 28 more runs for his 1000 runs in winning World Cup matches. If he gets these runs and India wins the game, he would become the fifth batsman to score 1000 runs in winning World Cup matches. Others are – SR Tendulkar {1516}, RT Ponting {1342}, V Kohli {1093] and AC Gilchrist {1051}