India–Pakistan cricket
The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is really one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world. An India-Pakistan cricket match has been estimated to attract up to one billion viewers, according to TV ratings firms and various other reports. The 2011 World Cup semifinal between the two teams attracted around 988 million television viewers.
The arch-rival relations between the two nations are so amazing , resulting from the extensive communal violence and conflict that marked the Partition of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947 and the subsequent Kashmir conflict, laid the foundations for the emergence of an intense sporting rivalry between the two nations who had erstwhile shared a common cricketing heritage. The first Test series between the two teams took place in 1951-52, when Pakistan toured India. India toured Pakistan for the first time in 1954-55. Between 1962 and 1977, no cricket was played between the two countries owing to two major wars in 1965 and 1971. The 1999 Kargil War and the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks have also interrupted cricketing ties between the two nations.
The growth of large expatriate populations from India and Pakistan across the world led to neutral states like the United Arab Emirates and Canada hosting several bilateral and multilateral ODI series involving very muchthe two teams. Players in both teams routinely face intense pressure to win, and are threatened by extreme reactions in defeat. Extreme fan reactions to defeats in key matches such as in the ICC Cricket World Cup have been recorded, with a limited degree of violence and public disturbances. At the same time, India-Pakistan cricket matches have also offered opportunities for cricket diplomacy as a means to improve relations between the two countries by allowing heads of state to exchange visits and cricket followers from either country to travel to the other to watch the matches.
The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world.[2][3] An India-Pakistan cricket match has been estimated to attract up to one billion viewers, according to TV ratings firms and various other reports.[4][5][6] The 2011 World Cup semifinal between the two teams attracted around 988 million television viewers.[7][8][9]
The arch-rival relations between the two nations, resulting from the extensive communal violence and conflict that marked the Partition of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947 and the subsequent Kashmir conflict, laid the foundations for the emergence of an intense sporting rivalry between the two nations who had erstwhile shared a common cricketing heritage. The first Test series between the two teams took place in 1951-52, when Pakistan toured India. India toured Pakistan for the first time in 1954-55. Between 1962 and 1977, no cricket was played between the two countries owing to two major wars in 1965 and 1971. The 1999 Kargil War and the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks have also interrupted cricketing ties between the two nations.
The growth of large expatriate populations from India and Pakistan across the world led to neutral states like the United Arab Emirates and Canada hosting several bilateral and multilateral ODI series involving the two teams. Players in both teams routinely face intense pressure to win, and are threatened by extreme reactions in defeat. Extreme fan reactions to defeats in key matches such as in the ICC Cricket World Cup have been recorded, with a limited degree of violence and public disturbances. At the same time, India-Pakistan cricket matches have also offered opportunities for cricket diplomacy as a means to improve relations between the two countries by allowing heads of state to exchange visits and cricket followers from either country to travel to the other to watch the matches.
† The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 match between the teams ended in a tie, but India was awarded the points as a result of a Bowl Out. The match result was officially recorded as a tie.
Results of Matches played in Major International / World Level Tournaments [20]
Tournament India Pakistan
Cricket World Cup 6 0
World Twenty20 5 0
Champions Trophy 1 2
Asia Cup 5 5
World Championship of Cricket 2 3
Silver Jubilee Independence Cup- Bangladesh 3 3
Pepsi Independence Cup- India 0 4
Australian Tri Series 1 5
Major International/ World Level Tournaments Won
Tournament India Pakistan
Cricket World Cup 2 1
World Twenty20 1 1
Champions Trophy 2 0
Asia Cup 5 2
Under-19 World Cup 3 2
Austrial-Asia Cup 0 3
Other Tournaments Won
Tournament India Pakistan
Asian Test Championship 0 1
World Championship- 1985 1 1
MRF Nehru Cup - 1989 0 1
Tri- Series Australia 1 1
Silver Jubilee Independence Cup-1998 1 1
Rothmans Cup 1 1
Austral- Asia Cup 0 3
Coco Cola Cup 0 2
Singer World Series 1 1
Singer Cup 0 1
Sharjah Champions Trophy 0 1
Wills Cup 0 1
Kitply Cup 0 1
Pepsi Cup 0 1
Women's World Twenty20 0 0
Women's Asia Cup 5 0
List of Test series[edit]
Main article: List of Test cricket matches played between India and Pakistan
Series Years Host First match Tests IND PAK Drawn/No Result Winner
1 1952–53 India 16 October 1952 5 2 1 2 India
2 1954–55 Pakistan 1 January 1955 5 0 0 5 Drawn
3 1960–61 India 2 December 1960 5 0 0 5 Drawn
4 1978–79 Pakistan 16 October 1978 3 0 2 1 Pakistan
5 1979–80 India 21 November 1979 6 2 0 4 India
6 1982–83 Pakistan 10 December 1982 6 0 3 3 Pakistan
7 1983–84 India 14 September 1983 3 0 0 3 Drawn
8 1984–85 Pakistan 17 October 1984 2 0 0 2 Drawn
9 1986–87 India 3 February 1987 5 0 1 4 Pakistan
10 1989–90 Pakistan 15 November 1989 4 0 0 4 Drawn
11 1998–99 India 28 January 1999 2 1 1 0 Drawn
12 1998–99 India 20 February 1999 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
13 2003–04 Pakistan 28 March 2004 3 2 1 0 India
14 2004–05 India 8 March 2005 3 1 1 1 Drawn
15 2005–06 Pakistan 13 January 2006 3 0 1 2 Pakistan
16 2007–08 India 22 November 2007 3 1 0 2 India
Total India: 9
Pakistan: 7 58 09 12 38 India: 4
Pakistan: 5
Draw: 7
List of ODI series[edit]
Main article: List of ODI cricket matches between India and Pakistan
Bilateral series[edit]
Series Years Host First match ODIs IND PAK Tie/No Result Winner Notes
1 1978–79 Pakistan 1 October 1978 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
2 1982–83 Pakistan 3 December 1982 4 1 3 0 Pakistan
3 1983–84 India 10 September 1983 2 2 0 0 India
4 1984–85 Pakistan 12 October 1984 2 0 1 1 Pakistan
5 1986–87 India 27 January 1987 6 1 5 0 Pakistan
6 1989–90 Pakistan 16 December 1989 3 0 2 1 Pakistan
7 1996 Canada 16 September 1996 5 2 3 0 Pakistan
8 1997 Canada 13 September 1997 5 4 1 0 India
9 1997–98 Pakistan 28 September 1997 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
10 1998 Canada 12 September 1998 5 1 4 0 Pakistan
11 2003–04 Pakistan 13 March 2004 5 3 2 0 India
12 2004–05 India 13 November 2004 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
13 2004–05 India 2 April 2005 6 2 4 0 Pakistan Shahid Afridi nine 6s in ODI #5
14 2005–06 Pakistan 6 February 2006 5 4 1 0 India
15 2005–06 UAE 18 April 2006 2 1 1 0 Drawn
16 2007–08 India 5 November 2007 5 3 2 0 India
17 2012–13 India 30 December 2012 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
Total India: 6
Pakistan: 7
Canada: 3
UAE: 1
65 26 34 2 India: 5
Pakistan: 11
Draw: 1
Series involving other teams[edit]
The table contains details and results only of matches played between India and Pakistan in the respective series and not matches with other teams involved in the series.
S. No. Series/Tournament Host Other Teams First Match ODIs IND PAK Tie/No Result Series Winner
2 Rothmans Four-Nations Cup 1984–85 UAE Australia, England 22 March 1985 1 1 0 0 India
3 World Championship of Cricket 1984–85 Australia Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies 12 October 1984 2 2 0 0 India
4 Rothmans Sharjah Cup 1985–86 UAE West Indies 17 November 1985 1 0 1 0 West Indies
5 Austral-Asia Cup 1986 UAE Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka 18 April 1986 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
6 Champions Trophy 1986–87 UAE Sri Lanka, West Indies 5 December 1986 1 0 1 0 West Indies
7 Sharjah Cup 1986–87 UAE Australia, England 10 April 1987 1 0 1 0 England
8 Champions Trophy 1988–89 UAE West Indies 19 October 1988 1 0 1 0 West Indies
10 Champions Trophy 1989–90 UAE West Indies 15 October 1989 2 0 2 0 Pakistan
11 Nehru Cup) 1989–90 India Australia, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies 28 October 1989 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
12 Austral-Asia Cup 1990 UAE Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka 27 April 1990 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
13 Wills Trophy 1991–92 UAE West Indies 18 October 1991 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
14 Austral-Asia Cup 1994 UAE Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, UAE 15 April 1994 2 0 2 0 Pakistan
15 Singer World Series 1994 Sri Lanka Australia, Sri Lanka 15 April 1994 1† 0 0 0 India
17 Singer Cup 1995–96 Singapore Sri Lanka 5 April 1996 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
18 1996 Pepsi Sharjah Cup UAE South Africa 12 April 1996 2 1 1 0 South Africa
19 Pepsi Independence Cup 1997 India New Zealand, Sri Lanka 21 May 1997 1 0 1 0 Sri Lanka
21 Champions Trophy 1997–98 UAE England, West Indies 14 December 1997 1 0 1 0 England
22 Silver Jubilee Independence Cup 1997–98 Bangladesh Bangladesh 11 January 1998 4 3 1 0 India
23 Pepsi Cup 1998–99 India Sri Lanka 24 March 1999 3 0 3 0 Pakistan
24 Coca-Cola Cup 1998–99 UAE England 8 April 1999 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
25 Carlton & United Series 1999-00 Australia Australia 10 January 2000 4 1 3 0 Australia
26 Coca-Cola Cup 1999-00 UAE South Africa 23 March 2000 2 1 1 0 Pakistan
28 Kitply Cup 2008 Bangladesh Bangladesh 10 June 2008 2 1 1 0 Pakistan
†Match abandoned.
Test records[edit]
Team[edit]
Most runs in an innings
Runs Team Venue Season
700-5 Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 1989/90
679-7 d Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2005/06
675-5 d India Multan Cricket Stadium 2003/04
674-6 Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1984/85
652 Pakistan Iqbal Stadium 1982/83
Last updated: 27 November 2011[21]
Fewest runs in a completed innings
Runs Team Venue Season
106 India University Ground 1952/53
116 Pakistan M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 1986/87
126 India Feroz Shah Kotla 1979/80
145 India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 1986/87
India National Stadium, Karachi 1954/55
Last updated: 27 November 2011[22]
Greatest win margins (by innings)
Margin Winning team Venue Season
Innings and 131 runs India Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 2003/04
Innings and 119 runs Pakistan Niaz Stadium 1982/83
Innings and 86 runs Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 1982/83
Innings and 70 runs India Feroz Shah Kotla 1952/53
Innings and 52 runs India Multan Cricket Stadium 2003/04
Last updated: 27 November 2011[23]
Greatest win margins (by runs)
Margin Teams Venue Season
341 runs Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 2005/06
212 runs India Feroz Shah Kotla 1998/99
195 runs India Eden Gardens 2004/05
168 runs Pakistan M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 2004–05
131 runs India Wankhede Stadium
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