With India leading the ongoing ODI series against Pakistan

With India leading the ongoing ODI series against Pakistan by a 2-1 margin and three matches left, several permutations and combinations are being floated regarding the ultimate outcome.

In this context, presented herewith is the tantalizing course of the previous three series between the two arch-rivals and neighbors:

Date	Match	Venue	Result	Series Status
Mar 13 . 2004	1st ODI	Karachi	Ind - 5 runs	Ind leads 1-0
Mar 16 , 2004	2nd ODI	Rawalpindi	Pak - 12 runs	Levelled 1-1
Mar 19 , 2004	3rd ODI	Peshawar	Pak - 4 wkts	Pak leads 2-1
Mar 21 , 2004	4th ODI	Lahore	Ind - 5 wkts	Levelled 2-2
Mar 24 , 2004	5th ODI	Lahore	Ind - 40 runs	Ind won 3-2
Mar28 - Apr 1 , 2004	1st Test	Multan	Ind - inns & 52 runs	Ind leads 1-0
Apr 5-8 , 2004	2nd Test	Lahore	Pak - 9 wkts	Levelled 1-1
Apr 13-16 , 2004	3rd Test	Rawalpindi	Ind - inns & 131 runs	Ind won 2-1
Mar 8-12 , 2005	1st Test	Mohali	Drwan	Levelled 0-0
Mar 16-20 , 2005	2nd Test	Kolkata	Ind - 195 runs	Ind leads 1-0
Mar 24 -28 , 2005	3rd Test	Bangalore	Pak - 168 runs	Drawn 1-1

No ton for the longest period, but still the leader

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly has failed to score an ODI hundred for a period of over two years and 42 innings, which is the longest amongst all contemporary skippers in the contemporary era. But he is still at the helm of affairs. The complete details of contemporary captains who have failed to notch up a century for long periods:

Captains	Matches as captain	Last ton as skipper	Period since last or no ODI ton - time	Period since the last ton - innings
Sourav Ganguly (Ind)	141	111 vs Ken , Mar 20, 2003	2 yrs & 22 days	42
Michael Vaughan (Eng)	40	No ton as captain	1 yr & 298 days	40
Stephan Fleming ( NZ )	174	108 vs SA, Feb 17, 2004	1 yr & 53 days	20
Habibul Bashar ( Bang )	21	No ton as captain	1 yr & 33 days	21
Inzamam-ul-Haq ( Pak )	51	123 vs Ind,  Mar 21, 2004	1 yr & 21 days	28
Tatenda Taibu ( Zimb )	25	No ton as captain	357 days	25
Marvan Atapattu ( SL )	35	111 vs Pak, Oct 14 , 2004	179 days	2
Brian Lara ( WI )	85	156 vs Pak, Jan 28, 2005	73 days	1
Graeme Smith ( SA )	43	43 days	117 vs Zimb, Feb 27 , 2005	Nil
Ricky Ponting ( Aust )	91	141* vs NZ , Mar 5 , 2005	37 days	Nil