Every Time India And Pakistan Clashed In ICC Tournament
Virat Kohli and Babar Azam faced each other for the first time in an ICC event in the 2017 Champions Trophy. Since then, the two have faced each other five times in the World Cup and Champions Trophy.
However, since 1992, India and Pakistan have seen many encounters in ICC tournaments. But Virat Kohli and Babar Azam, the two giants of both the teams in the current era, have faced each other five times in ICC tournament matches. We will tell you the same statistics that every time India and Pakistan meet in an ICC event and Babar Azam and Virat Kohli face each other, what was their individual record. The most important thing is that in these five ICC matches, the team that scored more runs has always won. But here we will see not only this figure but all the figures of both.
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When did Virat and Babar face off in an ICC tournament?
Virat Kohli has now got a lot of experience in ICC tournaments. On the other hand, Babar Azam’s experience is very less compared to him. But still five times these two giants have faced each other in ICC tournament matches. Out of those five occasions, Pakistan team won twice and India thrice. The special thing about this is that Babar scored more runs than Virat on both the occasions of Pakistan’s victory. At the same time, Virat outscored Babar in the three matches that India won. That is, this figure is quite strange in itself. Now let’s see when both came face to face:-
- 2017 Champions Trophy (Group Stage) – Babar Azam 8 runs, Virat Kohli 81 runs (India won)
- 2017 Champions Trophy (Final) – Babar Azam 46, Virat Kohli 5 (Pakistan won)
- 2019 ODI World Cup – Babar Azam 48, Virat Kohli 77 (India won)
- 2021 T20 World Cup – Babar Azam 68 runs, Virat Kohli 57 runs (Pakistan won)
- 2022 T20 World Cup – Babar Azam 0 runs, Virat Kohli 82 runs (India won)
What is the record of Babar and Virat in ICC tournaments?
As for Virat Kohli, he has played three ODI World Cups from 2011 to 2019, with a total of 1030 runs. On the other hand, Babar Azam played only the 2019 World Cup and scored 474 runs. Apart from this, Virat has been a part of Team India continuously from 2008 to 2022 in the T20 World Cup. He has 1141 runs to his name. On the other hand, Babar Azam has scored 427 runs for his team playing T20 World Cup from 2016 to 2022. Virat Kohli has been part of a total of three ICC Champions Trophies including 2009, 2013 and 2017 and has 529 runs to his name. At the same time, Babar Azam, who only played in the 2017 Champions Trophy, scored 133 runs.