WC 2023 Match No 12 – India Vs Pakistan at Ahmedabad on 14.10.23 – India won by seven wickets
India won the toss and elected to field first in this game providing the 15th occasion of India doing so in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of India doing so against Pakistan in the World Cup.
Pakistan lost the toss and was invited to bat first in this game to provide the 22nd occasion of Pakistan inserted by the opposition in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of Pakistan inserted by India in the World Cup.
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 191 in this game to provide the 316th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 26th occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup.
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 191 in this game to provide the 138th occasion of a team dismissed all out in the first innings in the World Cup. It also provides the tenth occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out in the first innings in the World Cup.
Pakistan was dismissed all out for 191 in this game to provide the 41st occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup against India. It also provides the fifth occasion of Pakistan dismissed all out in an innings in the World Cup against India.
Babar Azam scored 50 in this game to provide the 185th occasion of a captain scoring fifty in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 18th occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup
Babar Azam scored 50 in this game to provide the 18th occasion of a captain scoring fifty in an innings in the World Cup against India. It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup against India.
Babar Azam became the first captain to score an exact 50 in an innings in the World Cup. It was also his first fifty in the World Cup.
Babar Azam became the 48th batsman to score an exact 50 or an unbeaten 50 in an innings in the World Cup. All such occasion are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | GS Chappell | 50 | 1 | Aus | Srl | The Oval | 11 Jun 1975 |
| 2 | RL Dias | 50 | 1 | Srl | Ind | Manchester | 16 Jun 1979 |
| 3 | RW Marsh | 50* | 2 | Aus | Zim | Nottingham | 09 Jun 1983 |
| 4 | SM Patil | 50 | 2 | Ind | Zim | Leicester | 11 Jun 1983 |
| 5 | GM Turner | 50 | 2 | NZL | Srl | Bristol | 13 Jun 1983 |
| 6 | S Wettimuny | 50 | 2 | Srl | Pak | Leeds | 16 Jun 1983 |
| 7 | HA Gomes | 50* | 2 | Win | Pak | The Oval | 22 Jun 1983 |
| 8 | PV Simmons | 50 | 1 | Win | Pak | Lahore | 16 Oct 1987 |
| 9 | DL Houghton | 50 | 1 | Zim | NZl | Eden Gardens | 23 Oct 1987 |
| 10 | A Ranatunga | 50 | 2 | Srl | Pak | Faisalabad | 25 Oct 1987 |
| 11 | SM Gavaskar | 50 | 2 | Ind | Zim | Ahmedabad | 26 Oct 1987 |
| 12 | KR Rutherford | 50 | 1 | NZl | Pak | Auckland | 21 Mar 1992 |
| 13 | MO Odumbe | 50 | 2 | Ken | Aus | Visakhapatnam | 23 Feb 1996 |
| 14 | Ijaz Ahmed | 50* | 2 | Pak | UAE | Gujranwala | 24 Feb 1996 |
| 15 | Aamer Sohail | 50 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 06 Mar 1996 |
| 16 | RD Shah | 50 | 1 | Ken | RSA | Amstelveen | 26 May 1999 |
| 17 | A Ranatunga | 50 | 1 | Srl | Ken | Southampton | 30 May 1999 |
| 18 | DJ Cullinan | 50 | 1 | RSA | Aus | Leeds | 13 Jun 1999 |
| 19 | RD Jacobs | 50 | 2 | Win | NZl | Gqeberha | 13 Feb 2003 |
| 20 | RL Powell | 50 | 1 | Win | Ban | Benoni | 18 Feb 2003 |
| 21 | DR Martyn | 50* | 2 | Aus | Zim | Bulawayo | 24 Feb 2003 |
| 22 | SR Tendulkar | 50 | 1 | Ind | Eng | Durban | 26 Feb 2003 |
| 23 | DS Lehmann | 50* | 1 | Aus | Nam | Potchefstroom | 27 Feb 2003 |
| 24 | Yuvraj Singh | 50* | 2 | Ind | Pak | Centurion | 01 Mar 2003 |
| 25 | BRM Taylor | 50 | 1 | Zim | Win | Kingston | 19 Mar 2007 |
| 26 | IS Billcliff | 50 | 2 | Cam | NZl | Gros Islet | 22 Mar 2007 |
| 27 | RP Arnold | 50 | 1 | Srl | RSA | Providence | 28 Mar 2007 |
| 28 | HJH Marshall | 50* | 2 | NZl | Ban | North Sound | 02 Apr 2007 |
| 29 | SP Fleming | 50 | 2 | NZl | RSA | St George’s | 14 Apr 2007 |
| 30 | S Chanderpaul | 50 | 1 | Win | Ban | Bridgetown | 19 Apr 2007 |
| 31 | TM Dilshan | 50 | 1 | Srl | Can | Hambantota | 20 Feb 2011 |
| 32 | Younis Khan | 50 | 1 | Pak | Ken | Hambantota | 23 Feb 2011 |
| 33 | Yuvraj Singh | 50* | 2 | Ind | Ire | Bengaluru | 06 Mar 2011 |
| 34 | G Gambhir | 50 | 2 | Ind | Aus | Ahmedabad | 24 Mar 2011 |
| 35 | EJG Morgan | 50 | 1 | Eng | Srl | Colombo (RPS) | 26 Mar 2011 |
| 36 | RD Berrington | 50 | 1 | Sco | NZl | Dunedin | 17 Feb 2015 |
| 37 | LMP Simmons | 50 | 1 | Win | Pak | Christchurch | 21 Feb 2015 |
| 38 | Sohaib Maqsood | 50 | 2 | Pak | Win | Christchurch | 21 Feb 2015 |
| 39 | KJ O’Brien | 50 | 2 | Ire | UAE | Brisbane | 25 Feb 2015 |
| 40 | BB McCullum | 50 | 2 | NZl | Aus | Auckland | 28 Feb 2015 |
| 41 | BRM Taylor | 50 | 2 | Zim | Pak | Brisbane | 01 Mar 2015 |
| 42 | SC Williams | 50 | 1 | Zim | Ind | Auckland | 14 Mar 2015 |
| 43 | JL Carter | 50* | 2 | Win | UAE | Napier | 15 Mar 2015 |
| 44 | HE van der Dussen | 50 | 2 | RSA | Eng | The Oval | 30 May 2019 |
| 45 | CH Gayle | 50 | 2 | Win | Pak | Nottingham | 31 May 2019 |
| 46 | SO Hetmyer | 50 | 1 | Win | Ban | Taunton | 17 Jun 2019 |
| 47 | MS Dhoni | 50 | 2 | Ind | NZl | Manchester | 09 Jul 2019 |
| 48 | Babar Azam | 50 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Ahmedabad | 14 Oct 2023 |
He also became the fifth Pakistan batsman to score an exact 50 or an unbeaten 50 in an innings in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Ijaz Ahmed | 50* | 2 | Pak | UAE | Gujranwala | 24 Feb 1996 |
| 2 | Aamer Sohail | 50 | 1 | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 06 Mar 1996 |
| 3 | Younis Khan | 50 | 1 | Pak | Ken | Hambantota | 23 Feb 2011 |
| 4 | Sohaib Maqsood | 50 | 2 | Pak | Win | Christchurch | 21 Feb 2015 |
| 5 | Babar Azam | 50 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Ahmedabad | 14 Oct 2023 |
Five Indian bowlers captured two wickets each in Pakistan’s innings in this game to provide the third such occasion in the World Cup. The other two occasions are – Five Indian bowlers capturing two wickets each against Pakistan at Mohali on 30.03.2011 and Five New Zealand bowlers capturing two wickets each against Sri Lanka at Christchurch on 14.02.2015. Thus Indian bowlers have performed such a feat for the second time and these two occasions are against Pakistan
Babar Azam {50} and RG Sharma {86} scored fifties in this game to provide the 18th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in a match in the World Cup.
| No | Player | Runs | I | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | Majid Khan | 60 | 1 | Pak | Win | Birmingham | 11 Jun 1975 |
| CH Lloyd | 53 | 2 | Win | Pak | Birmingham | 11 Jun 1975 | |
| 2 | CH Lloyd | 102 | 1 | Win | Aus | Lord’s | 21 Jun 1975 |
| IM Chappell | 62 | 2 | Aus | Win | Lord’s | 21 Jun 1975 | |
| 3 | RB Richardson | 56 | 1 | Win | Srl | Brisbane | 29 Feb 1992 |
| DL Houghton | 55 | 2 | Zim | Win | Brisbane | 29 Feb 1992 | |
| 4 | KC Wessels | 85 | 1 | RSA | Eng | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1992 |
| AJ Stewart | 77 | 2 | Eng | RSA | Melbourne | 12 Mar 1992 | |
| 5 | SC Ganguly | 111* | 1 | Ind | Ken | Durban | 20 Mar 2003 |
| SO Tikolo | 56 | 2 | Ken | Ind | Durban | 20 Mar 2003 | |
| 6 | SP Fleming | 66 | 1 | NZl | Can | Gros Islet | 22 Mar 2007 |
| JM Davison | 52 | 2 | Can | NZl | Gros Islet | 22 Mar 2007 | |
| 7 | RT Ponting | 91 | 1 | Aus | RSA | Basseterre | 24 Mar 2007 |
| GC Smith | 74 | 2 | RSA | Aus | Basseterre | 24 Mar 2007 | |
| 8 | DPMD Jayawardene | 72 | 1 | Srl | Aus | St George’s | 16 Apr 2007 |
| RT Ponting | 66* | 2 | Aus | Srl | St George’s | 16 Apr 2007 | |
| 9 | LRPL Taylor | 74 | 1 | NZl | Can | Mumbai | 13 Mar 2011 |
| A Bagai | 84 | 2 | Can | NZl | Mumbai | 13 Mar 2011 | |
| 10 | PW Borren | 84 | 1 | Net | Ire | Kolkata | 18 Mar 2011 |
| WTS Porterfield | 68 | 2 | Ire | Ne | Kolkata | 18 Mar 2011 | |
| 11 | AB de Villiers | 162* | 1 | RSA | Win | Sydney | 27 Feb 2015 |
| JO Holder | 56 | 2 | Win | RSA | Sydney | 27 Feb 2015 | |
| 12 | Misbah-ul-Haq | 56 | 1 | Pak | RSA | Auckland | 7 Mar 2015 |
| AB de Villiers | 77 | 2 | RSA | Pak | Auckland | 7 Mar 2015 | |
| 13 | AD Mathews | 51 | 1 | Srl | Sco | Hobart | 11 Mar 2015 |
| PL Mommsen | 60 | 2 | Sco | Srl | Hobart | 11 Mar 2015 | |
| 14 | BRM Taylor | 138 | 1 | Zim | Ind | Auckland | 14 Mar 2015 |
| MS Dhoni | 85* | 2 | Ind | Srl | Auckland | 14 Mar 2015 | |
| 15 | AB de Villiers | 65* | 1 | RSA | NZl | Auckland | 24 Mar 2015 |
| BB McCullum | 59 | 2 | NZl | RSA | Auckland | 24 Mar 2015 | |
| 16 | FDM Karunaratne | 97 | 1 | Srl | Aus | The Oval | 15 Jun 2019 |
| AJ Finch | 153 | 2 | Aus | Srl | The Oval | 15 Jun 2019 | |
| 17 | H Shahidi | 80 | 1 | Afg | Ind | Delhi | 11 Oct 2023 |
| RG Sharma | 131 | 2 | Ind | Afg | Delhi | 11 Oct 2023 | |
| 19 | Babar Azam | 50 | 1 | Pak | Ind | Ahmadabad | 14 Oct 2023 |
| RG Sharma | 86 | 2 | Ind | Pak | Ahmadabad | 14 Oct 2023 |
RG Shamra scored 86 in this game to provide the 186th occasion of a captain scoring fifty in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 22nd occasion of an Indian captain scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup
RG Sharma became the fifth batsman to score 1000 plus runs in a team’s winning matches in the World Cup. His run aggregate at the end of this game in India’s World Cup games read 1058. He became the fifth batsman to achieve the feat. Others are SR Tendulkar {1516], RT Ponting {1342}, V Kohli {1109} and AC Gilchrist {1051}
RG Sharma became the third batsman to score 1000 plus runs in a India’s winning matches in the World Cup. His run aggregate at the end of this game in India’s World Cup games read 1058. Others are SR Tendulkar {1516] and V Kohli {1109}
RG Sharma had scored ten fifties in World Cup prior to this game. His 86 in this game fetched him his eleventh fifty in World Cup. He became the fifth 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}
Shubman Gill made his World Cup debut in this game for India. At the end of this game, 90 cricketers have represented India in the World Cup. Shubman Gill scored 16 on his World Cup debut through four boundary fours.
Shubman Gill made his World Cup debut as an opening batsman in this game for India. At the end of this game, 22 cricketers have represented India in the World Cupm as an opening batsman. Shubman Gill scored 16 on his World Cup debut through four boundary fours.
India won this game by seven wickets and registered its eighth win against Pakistan in the World Cup. This win also provides its 56th win in World Cup. India now stands third in the list of teams which has won most World Cup matches. Australia with 69 wins qnd New Zealand with 57 wins occupy the first two places.
India and West Indies share the record for most wins against Pakistan in the World Cup. Both the teams have won eight games against Pakistan in the World Cup.
JJ Bumrah’s aggregate of wickets in the World Cup read 26 at the end of this game and he became the sixth Indian bowler total 25 or more wickets in the World Cup. Others are – Z Khan {44]. J Srinath {44}, A Kumble {31}, Mohd Shami {31} and N Kapil Dev {28}
JJ Bumrah’s aggregate of wickets in the World Cup read 26 at the end of this game and he became the fifth Indian pace bowler total 25 or more wickets in the World Cup. Others are – Z Khan {44]. J Srinath {44}, Mohd Shami {31} and N Kapil Dev {28}
JJ Bumrah’s aggregate of wickets in the World Cup read 26 at the end of this game and he became the 42nd bowler to total 25 or more wickets in the World Cup. He also became the 32nd pace bowler total 25 or more wickets in the World Cup.