Ajinkya Rahane dismisses Virat Kohli’s brilliant innings against Pakistan: The India vs Pakistan match of the 2026 T20 World Cup is just a night away. This blockbuster encounter has provided some memorable moments for both the teams, with India celebrating more of the best moments than its arch-rivals. In T20 World Cup history, India is leading with a score of 7-1. Pakistan’s only win came in 2021.
In all ICC World Cup competitions, India have won 15 times in the 16 encounters between the two sides in a World Cup match. This reflects India’s dominance over the Men in Green team since they started playing against each other in the 1992 Men’s ODI World Cup, where India won the game by 43 runs. They last met in a World Cup match in 2024, where India won the match by 6 runs.
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The India vs Pakistan game over the years has produced some of the biggest rivalries on and off the field. There have been some iconic moments that have been created on the field. Speaking on a podcast, former India captains Ajinkya Rahane and Dinesh Karthik shared their top 3 India vs Pakistan moments respectively. He moved from 3 to 1 in the rankings.
It was Rahane who started it, who chose the first moment where he dismissed Venkatesh Prasad after taking his wicket immediately after being taunted by Amir Sohail during the 1996 World Cup match in Bengaluru. Dinesh Karthik got his first moment in the form of Ajay Jadeja’s crucial 45-run knock and Waqar Younis’ 20 off four balls in the last three overs.
Ajinkya Rahane dismisses Virat Kohli’s innings from the best moment of India vs Pakistan
After this, in the last over of Joginder Sharma in the final of the 2007 T20 World Cup, Ajinkya Rahane chose his number two and dismissed Misbah-ul-Haq. Karthik then picked out Jasprit Bumrah, taking the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan during the 2023 ODI World Cup match, where the crowd’s reaction after Bumrah’s wicket was similar.
Here is the video
Kohli in MCG
Sachin’s 98
What else?Best #INDvsPAK moment ft. @dineshkarthik & @jinkyarahane88 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/4s21PQkZlz
– Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) 14 February 2026
The top moment for Ajinkya Rahane was cutting Sachin Tendulkar off the bowling of Shoaib Akhtar in the 2003 World Cup match, which went for six runs. It has been an iconic moment all these years. With the help of Tendulkar’s 98 runs in front of Pakistan’s aggressive attack, India once again won the match by 6 wickets.
Iconic India vs Pakistan Moments
The top pick for Dinesh Karthik was Virat Kohli’s backfoot six to Haris Rauf in the 2022 T20 World Cup group stage match. This is one of the best innings ever played by the former India captain, as India’s chances of victory were 3.1% when Axar Patel lost his wicket.
He turned the tables and single-handedly won the game for the Men in Blue at the prestigious Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. When 28 runs were needed from 8 balls, Kohli brought the match back in India’s favor by hitting Rauf for two consecutive sixes. Karthik was present in the dressing room and got the live experience of Kohli’s sixes and innings.
Ajinkya Rahane, however, chose his favorite India vs Pakistan moment from the match, ignoring Kohli’s six, as he felt that Ravichandran Ashwin’s leave down the leg side, which was taken wide by Mohammad Nawaz, was the best moment from the game. When Karthik was praising Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane also had a strange reaction.
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