NASSAU, Aug. 11 -- The number that defined India's group stage game against Pakistan at the 2024 T20 World Cup was six. Six runs. India's bowlers, with Jasprit Bumrah the defining presence across the innings, held Pakistan to 159 for 8 chasing 120. The margin flattered Pakistan slightly: India had restricted them to a chase they never looked like completing once Bumrah had finished his opening spell.

That match at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on June 9, 2024 set the tone for what India-Pakistan cricket would look like across the 2024-26 cycle. India's ICC record against Pakistan in this period is uninterrupted: every time the two sides have met in a global tournament, India have won. The T20 World Cup in 2024. The Cham...