A s the head-to-head record testifies, India has marched ahead in the past two decades . In 15 T20Is between these teams since the first in 2007, the current T20 World Cup champion has won 12. It has also emerged victorious in each of their last seven white-ball meetings. Pakistan, on the other hand, would prefer to emphasise on a 8-4 record in finals of white-ball tournaments.

Recent dominance manifested in Suryakumar Yadav’s assertion after India’s six-wicket win in the Super Four stage that this was no longer a rivalry. “According to me, if two teams play 15-20 matches and if [head-to-head] it is 7-7 or 8-7, then that is called a rivalry. But 13-0, 10-1… I don’t know what the stats are. But this is not a rivalry anymore,” Suryakumar declared.

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