LIVE: How Pakistan can replicate epic 30-year feat

There are a fig of parallels that tin beryllium drawn betwixt Pakistan's historical tally to triumph successful the 1992 World Cup, and their tally to today's T20 World Cup final.

There's the evident - that World Cup was held successful Australia (and New Zealand), and they met England successful the final. Both matches were besides held astatine the MCG.

But it goes deeper than that. 

In 1992, Pakistan scraped into the semi finals by the tegument of their teeth having won conscionable 4 of their 8 games successful the tournament. They mislaid three, and lone rainfall saved them successful their round-robin clash against England having been rolled for conscionable 74 astatine the Adelaide Oval. England were 1-24 erstwhile the rainfall arrived.

They besides needed results to spell their way. The past lucifer of the circular robin stages saw a lucifer up betwixt the West Indies and Australia astatine the MCG. If the Windies won, they were through, but if Australia won, Pakistan were through.

A David Boon period saw the Aussies station 6-216 from their 50 overs. In reply, the Windies innings ne'er truly got going. They mislaid regular wickets and were bowled retired for conscionable 159.

Fast guardant 30 years, Pakistan mislaid the archetypal 2 matches of this year's T20 World Cup to India - a lucifer they should've won - and earlier losing different thriller to Zimbabwe. 

From there, they past bushed the Netherlands and South Africa, earlier South Africa's daze nonaccomplishment to the Dutch successful Adelaide meant Pakistan's last clash with Bangladesh became a straight-up knockout match. They won that, which acceptable them up with a semi last clash against New Zealand.

Back to 1992. Pakistan besides played their semi-final lucifer against New Zealand, and it fared a akin way. New Zealand batted archetypal and acceptable Pakistan a people of 263.

In reply, Pakistan's innings was opening to falter erstwhile a young Inzamam-ul-Haq blasted 67 disconnected 30 balls to reignite the chase. They yet got location with an implicit to spare.

Back to the present, and New Zealand acceptable a somewhat underpar 152 from their 20 overs. Openers Mohammad Rizan and Babar Azam ne'er gave the Kiwis a chance, blasting a 105-run opening stand, and mounting the innings up for Mohammad Haris to bring them home.

In that 1992 final, Pakistan mislaid some openers cheaply earlier skipper Imran Khan and Javed Miandad steadied the vessel with a 120-run 3rd wicket partnership. A 42-from-35 cameo from Inzamam pushed the full to 6-249.

The squad past bowled retired of its tegument to rotation England for 227 to unafraid a 22-run victory.

Speaking connected Wide World of Sports' Outside the Rope, Aussie large Mark Taylor - who played lone 2 matches successful that tourney - said it was New Zealand who should person made the semi finals.

"(Pakistan) were the broadside that should ne'er person made it," helium said.

"They shouldn't person made the past four. They shouldn't person been successful the last due to the fact that New Zealand were 1 of the signifier sides of that 1992 World Cup, but they recovered a mode of getting into the final, and past played astir apt their champion game."