ICC World Cup 2023, Match 18 | Australia vs Pakistan Head-to-Head

Australia and Pakistan will collide in Bengaluru [Twitter]

Australia enter the battleground to face Pakistan at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore for the ICC World Cup 2023 league-stage encounter on Friday (October 20). The five-time champions lock horns with the Asian giants as the race to bag the final four spots intensifies. 

The Aussies came face to face with the stiff nature of an open World Cup after being battered and bruised by India and South Africa in their first two matches. Even though Pat Cummins' men dominated Sri Lanka in the third outing in Lucknow, talks remain how they haven't really arrived so far. 

Up against them will be the mercurial Pakistanis, who were given a harsh reality check by tournament hosts and arch-rivals India in the last match in Ahmedabad. Enjoying the highs after pushing aside the Netherlands and Sri Lanka in their first two matches, Pakistan's lack of depth and inexperience got woefully exposed against the two-time winners.

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Still, they are enroute to Bangalore in a more comfortable spot in the World Cup standings. Babar Azam & company are fourth in the points table with two victories and a solitary defeat, while the Aussies hold the seventh spot despite their make-amends win over the Lankan Lions. 

Australia vs Pakistan Head-to-Head Record in ODIs 

Among the most frequently played fixtures at the highest level has been a One-Day International between Australia and Pakistan. The two nations have collided 107 times in the traditional format, with the Aussies enjoying the better of the high-octane contest on 69 occasions and losing just 34 times. 

Australia vs Pakistan Head-to-Head Record in ODI World Cups 

Pakistan have given Australia a harder time in ODI World Cups than bilateral assignments, winning four of the ten matches and losing six. While the Asian Giants came out triumphant in the 1979, 1992, 1999 and 2011 editions of the marquee event, their Aussie counterparts won the tussle in 1975, 1987, 1999, 2003, 2015 and 2019 iterations of the tournament. 

Australia vs Pakistan Head-to-Head Record in ODIs in India 

The first and the only Australia-Pakistan One-Day International played on Indian shores dates back to 1989. In a match played at the historic Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, Australia lost to Pakistan by 66 runs. 

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