ICC World Cup 2015: India v Pakistan - 5 things to look forward to

The mother of all battles is here. Two nations unified and divided by history will face each other at the Adelaide Oval on Sunday. If the ticket sales are anything to go by, it’s going to be a full house. And a neutral venue implies proportionate representation of both the countries. India has history in their favour, Pakistan has unpredictability.Ever since the tournament started in 1975, it’s going to be the first World Cup for both these nations that will neither have Javed Miandad nor Sachin Tendulkar playing in it. Here are five things to look forward to, come February 15...

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Out of the 126 ODIs that India and Pakistan have played each other in, Pakistan have a clear advantage with 72 wins as opposed to India’s 50. However, the moment one brings the World Cup into the picture, this dominance goes for a toss. 

Starting 1992 Sydney, India have never lost a single game to Pakistan in a World Cup. No matter how dilapidated or strong the Indian side has been. There’ve been five games that these two subcontinent giants have played, and India have won each of those. It’s interesting to know that in all the five games, the team that won the toss, batted – with Pakistan having batted first only once, at Centurion in 2003. 

Sachin Tendulkar is the highest scorer in India-Pakistan encounters at the World Cup, having scored 313 at 78.25 from the five games that he has played. Quite astonishingly, the player with a hundred international hundreds does not have a single century to boast of against Pakistan in this marquee event.