7 star players from past India-Pakistan T20 World Cup encounters
As we draw closer to yet another T20 World Cup clash between arch rivals India and Pakistan, it is time to look back at the history of this epic battle in the marquee event of T20 cricket. Ever since the tournament was conceived, the Indians stretched their winning streak over Pakistan in World Cup cricket to the shortest format as well.However, this does not imply that the Pakistanis allowed their neighbours to steamroll them every time. They put up a great fight on at least two out of the four encounters between the two sides, but missed out by a whisker.India-Pakistan matches at the T20 World Cup have seen some fine performances by players from both teams. Here are 7 star performers from previous matches between the two rivals:
#7 Amit Mishra
2 for 22 at Mirpur, 2014
The last T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan was played in the 2014 edition. As it turned out, it was quite a one-sided affair as India won quite easily by 7 wickets. One of the top performers for Team India in this match was leg-spinner Amit Mishra.
Mishra was extremely difficult to pick on a spin-friendly Mirpur pitch and ended with figures of 2 for 22 in his 4 overs. His two victims on the night were Ahmed Shehzad and Shoaib Malik and the leggie helped India restrict the Pakistanis to 130 for 7 in their 20 overs.
Amit Mishra, quite deservingly, received the Player of the Match award for his efforts as India inflicted a thumping defeat over their arch rivals.