The most excitement match of the Asia Cup 2010 – India vs Pakistan is set to get underway. Both the teams last played in the Champions Trophy in September and this long gap has created a big hype for the game. India vs Pakistan match has always been on a very high note not only today but every time they play. Ind-Pak match always standout of the whole series and theirs a lot of viewer’s to watch out as well.

India have played 8 Asia Cup matches against Pakistan. They have won 3 and lost 4 times against their subcontinent rivals. Below are the stats showing the previous encounter results :

There is lot to watch in the Indo-Pak encounter and both team have good batsman scoring massive runs against each other. In terms of highest runs scored, Shoaib Malik tops the chart for Pakistan and Virender Sehwag for India

Highest runs scorer of India against Pakistan in Asia Cup

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Chennai Super Kings have won the title of Indian Premier League Season 3 (2010) by beating the Mumbai Indians in the finale at the Dr. D Y Patil Stadium at Mumbai. MS Dhoni has proved himself yet again by taking some crucial decisions during the match that changed the game. Chennai went into the final for the second time, first time they lost to the Rajasthan in the opening Season of IPL in 2008 but this team got hold of it.

Suresh Raina was the main batsman that turned the game around for the Chennai. He was dropped twice by the Mumbai Indians in the last six overs which changed the game for the Mumbai. Chennai batsman scored 100 runs in the last eight overs, ensuring a defend-able score against the Mumbai Indians.

In reply Mumbai Indians failed to pick up in the start but when the skipper Sachin Tendulkar tried to get the momentum wickets start falling at regular intervals and pressure keeps on increasing. For Mumbai wickets of Ambati Rayudu, Saurabh Tiwary and Jean-Paul Duminy have completely changed the game. Keiron Pollard tried hios best but MS Dhoni captaincy rules all through the finale.

Here are is the statistical review of IPL Season 3 (2010):

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Dhoni has won 7 out of 10 Tests as captain (three drawn) — winning % 70.00. Amongst the captains with 10 or more Tests as captain, he is only the second not to have lost a single Test match apart from recording seven or more Test wins.

Warwick Armstrong, Australian captain, had recorded eight wins out of 10 contested between December 17, 1920 and August 16, 1921.

The most successful captains with a winning % of 60.00 or more in Tests are (minimum 10 Tests):

India closed on their highest total from a day’s play, surpassing their previous best of 386 for 1 against South Africa at Chennai in 2007-08.

Gautam Gambhir (167) scored his fourth hundred in consecutive matches. The sequence started with 137 against New Zealand at Napier (second innings), 167 v NZ at Wellington (second innings), 114 v SL at Ahmedabad (second innings) and 167 in this match.

The hundred was also Gambhir’s seventh in the last nine Tests.

Gambhir and Sehwag provided only the sixth instance of both Indian openers scoring a hundred in the same innings.

This is only the third time in India’s Test history when they posted four consecutive totals of 400 or more. Between October 1986 and February 1987 India had scored 400+ in six consecutive innings, which is a world record. Between August and October 2002, India had another sequence of four consecutive scores of 400 (or more).