| Mts | Ind won | Pak won | NR | |
| Overall | 93 | 33 | 56 | 4 |
| Last 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| in England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| India under Ganguly | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Pakistan under Inzamam | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
In the tournaments comprising of five or more countries, India and Pakistan have played 13 matches against each other and both sides have won six matches each with one match producing no result.
A very interesting pattern has emerged in last 10 matches between these two sides. Both sides have won two successive matches and then suffered defeat in next two. Going by this trend India should win the all-important match of the Champions Trophy.
| Date | Venue | Status | Winner | Scores |
| 26-03-2000 | Sharjah | D/N | Pak 98 runs | Pak 272-3, Ind 174-9 |
| 03-06-2000 | Dhaka | D/N | Pak 44 runs | Pak 295-7, Ind 251 |
| 01-03-2003 | Centurion | Day | Ind 6 wickets | Pak 273-7, Ind 276-4 |
| 13-03-2004 | Karachi | Day | Ind 5 runs | Ind 349-7, Pak 344-8 |
| 16-03-2004 | Rawalpindi | D/N | Pak 12 runs | Pak 329-6, Ind 317 |
| 19-03-2004 | Peshawar | Day | Pak 4 wickets | Ind 244-9, Pak 247-6 |
| 21-03-2004 | Lahore | D/N | Ind 5 wickets | Pak 293-9, Ind 294-5 |
| 24-03-2004 | Lahore | D/N | Ind 40 runs | Ind 293-7, Pak 253 |
| 25-07-2004 | Colombo RPS | D/N | Pak 59 runs | Pak 300-9, Ind 241-8 |
| 21-08-2004 | Amstelveen | Day | Pak 66 runs | Pak 192-6, Ind 127 |
A comparative study of performances of players of two countries furnishes a very startling fact. When it comes to playing against each other, the Pakistani batsmen play better while Indians under-perform. Of all the current players playing in Champions Trophy, Sehwag's average has dipped the most. Farhat's position at the top of the following table can be attributed to the fact that he has played only one game against India.
Only one Indian top-order batsman has been able to raise his game against the arch-rivals, while as many as four Pakistanis top order batsmen have improved their performances in big-matches.
The non-performers
| Batsman | Overall Ave. | Ave. in Indo-Pak matches | Diff. |
| Imran Farhat (Pak) | 36.11 | 24.00 | -12.11 |
| Virender Sehwag (Ind) | 32.24 | 22.67 | -9.57 |
| VVS Laxman (Ind) | 31.87 | 23.50 | -8.37 |
| Rahul Dravid (Ind) | 39.14 | 30.97 | -8.17 |
| Yousuf Youhana (Pak) | 41.91 | 36.44 | -5.47 |
| Mohammad Kaif (Ind) | 30.70 | 27.00 | -3.70 |
| Abdur Razzaq (Pak) | 30.22 | 26.77 | -3.45 |
| Yasir Hameed (Pak) | 42.72 | 39.71 | -3.01 |
| Sourav Ganguly (Ind) | 42.19 | 40.11 | -2.08 |
Big match men
| Batsman | Overall Ave. | Ave. in Indo-Pak matches | Diff. |
| Shoaib Malik (Pak) | 30.11 | 47.57 | 17.46 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) | 38.97 | 43.57 | 4.60 |
| Yuvraj Singh (Ind) | 29.59 | 33.14 | 3.55 |
| Moin Khan (Pak) | 23.44 | 26.83 | 3.39 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pak) | 23.38 | 25.62 | 2.24 |
There is some good news for India at the bowling front though. While Sehwag, Agarkar and Nehra have performed poorly, Ganguly, Kumble, Yuvraj and Pathan's average has improved. On the economy front though, all barring Ganguly and Kumble have taken a beating.
India, however, can take solace from the fact that performances of Pakistani bowlers have also dipped against India. Other than Shoaib Akhtar, all bowlers have conceded more runs per over against India than other countries. Naved-ul-Hassan is the only bowler with better average against India than his career figures, but this was only because he managed to take 3 wickets in a match in which he was hit to all corners of the ground.
| Player | Overall Ave. | Ave v Pak | Diff | Overall RpO | RpO v Pak | Diff |
| Agarkar | 28.09 | 40.74 | -12.65 | 5.13 | 5.73 | -0.60 |
| Ganguly | 35.89 | 26.86 | 9.03 | 5.03 | 4.64 | 0.39 |
| Kumble | 30.70 | 24.15 | 6.55 | 4.28 | 4.26 | 0.02 |
| Nehra | 34.02 | 38.33 | -4.31 | 4.67 | 6.05 | -1.38 |
| Pathan | 25.88 | 22.91 | 2.97 | 5.05 | 5.36 | -0.31 |
| Sehwag | 39.69 | 77.00 | -37.31 | 5.21 | 7.00 | -1.79 |
| Yuvraj | 38.59 | 34.00 | 4.59 | 4.95 | 5.23 | -0.28 |
| Player | Overall Ave. | Ave v Ind | Diff | Overall RpO | RpO v Ind | Diff |
| Abdur Razzaq | 28.59 | 29.88 | -1.29 | 4.48 | 5.01 | -0.53 |
| Mohammad Sami | 25.35 | 32.08 | -6.73 | 4.82 | 5.95 | -1.13 |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 38.57 | 24.33 | 14.24 | 5.51 | 7.30 | -1.79 |
| Shahid Afridi | 37.27 | 49.77 | -12.50 | 4.60 | 4.62 | -0.02 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 22.51 | 26.41 | -3.90 | 4.56 | 4.45 | 0.11 |
| Shoaib Malik | 33.71 | 39.44 | -5.73 | 4.30 | 5.00 | -0.70 |
Approaching milestones:
- Inzamam-ul-Haq needs 23 runs to become second player after Sachin Tendulkar to complete 10,000 runs in ODIs
- Shahid Afridi needs 2 runs to complete 4,000 runs in ODIs and become first Pakistani with an allround double of 4,000 runs & 100 wickets
- Virender Sehwag needs 2 runs to complete 3,000 runs in ODIs
- Sehwag also needs one wicket to complete his 50 wickets in ODIs
- Ajit Agarkar needs 23 runs to complete 1,000 runs in ODIs
- Agarkar also needs 4 wickets to complete 200 wickets in ODIs
- Kumble needs 3 wickets to become leading wicket-taker for India v Pakistan surpassing Srinath's tally of 54
- Afridi needs one run to complete his 1,000 runs v India
- Inzamam will equal Ijaz Ahmed's record of most appearances for Pakistan v India
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