IndiaPakistan cricket rivalry

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India vs Pakistan

Pakistan
Teams
India
1619 October 1952 (Test)
First meeting 1 October 1978 (ODI)
14 September 2007 (T20I)
18 June 2017
Latest meeting 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final
The Oval, London
Statistics
Tests:59
Meetings total ODIs: 129
T20Is: 8
Tests: (Pakistan 12; India 9)
Most wins ODIs: (Pakistan 73; India 52)
T20Is: (India 7; Pakistan 1)
The IndiaPakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in
the world.[1][2] 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 195152, 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. Tickets for
the India-Pakistan match in the 2015 World Cup in Australia sold out in 12 minutes
after they went on sale.[citation needed]
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.

India-Pakistan cricket matches are some of the most watched television

broadcasts in both countries. The 2011 Cricket World Cup semi-final attracted an
average audience of nearly 135 million in India alone.[3][4][5] The 2015 World Cup
opening match between India and Pakistan had a 14.8% TV rating (TAM data
M15+ ABC) in India, with a reach of 288 million.[6] The approximate amount of
viewers for the India vs Pakistan encounter at the World T20 in 2016 was more
than 83 million.[7]

History[edit]
See also: IndiaPakistan relations
The partition of British India in 1947 that led to the creation of an independent India and
Pakistan was characterised by intense and bloody conflict
between Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs that left one million people dead. An estimated ten
million people migrated to the nation of their choice. The bloody legacy of the partition and
the subsequent emergence of territorial disputes and wars being fought over them have all
added to the growth of intense rivalries in field hockey, association football but especially
in cricket, which had been developed during British colonial rule and is the most popular sport
in both nations.[8] Many of the players in the first post-independence teams of India and
Pakistan had played together as teammates in regional and local tournaments.
Pakistan became a permanent member of the International Cricket Council in 1948, and their
tour of India was their first in Test cricket history. They lost the first Test in Delhi to India, but
won the second Test in Lucknow, which led to an angry reaction from the home crowd against
the Indian players. India clinched the Test series after winning the third Test in Bombay, but
the intense pressure affected the players of both teams to the point that they pursued mainly
defensive tactics that led to drawn matches and whole series without a victor. When India
toured Pakistan in 1955, thousands of Indian fans were granted visas to go to the Pakistani
city of Lahore to watch the Test match. But both the 1955 series and Pakistan's tour of India in
1961 ended in a drawn series with no Test yielding a winner or loser. Complaints about the
fairness of umpires also became routine.
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and subsequent War of 1971 put hold on India-Pakistan cricket
that lasted till 1978, when India toured Pakistan and cricket resumed for a brief period. In the
post-1971 period, politics became a direct factor in the holding of cricketing events. India has
suspended cricketing ties with Pakistan several times following terrorist attacks or other
hostilities. The resumption of cricketing ties in 1978 came with the emergence of heads of
government in both India and Pakistan who were not directly connected with the 1971 war
and coincided with their formal initiatives to normalize bilateral relations. Shortly after a
period of belligerency during the Operation Brasstacks war games, Pakistani president Zia-ul-
Haq was invited to watch the India-Pakistan test match being played in the Indian city
of Jaipur. This form of cricket diplomacy has occurred several times afterwards as well.
Pakistan toured India in 1979, but an Indian tour of Pakistan in 1984 was cancelled mid-way
due to the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
In the late 1980s and for most of the 1990s, India and Pakistan squared-off on neutral venues
such as Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates and in Toronto, Canada, where large audiences of
expatriates regularly watched them play. The series between the teams in Canada in the
1990s and early 2000s were officially known as the "Friendship Cup". Sharjah even though a
neutral venue was considered as the "back yard of Pakistan" given the close proximity and
the massive support the team generated.[9]
The rise of multinational competitions such as the Cricket World Cup, ICC World Twenty20, ICC
Champions Trophy, the Austral-Asia Cup and the Asia Cup led to more regular albeit briefer
contests.
In 1999, immediately following Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's historic visit to
Pakistan, the Pakistani team toured India for Test matches and played in an ODI competition
before the Kargil War again put bilateral relations in deep freeze. Prime Minister Vajpayee's
peace initiative of 2003 led to India touring Pakistan after a gap of almost 15 years.
Subsequent exchange tours were held in 2005 and 2006 before the 2008 Mumbai attacks led
to the suspension of India's planned tour of Pakistan in 2009 and all future engagements in
Pakistan. India was scheduled to begin the tour of Pakistan from 13 January to 19 February
2009, but was cancelled because of the tension existing between the two countries after the
terrorist attacks in Mumbai.[10]
The rise of domestic terrorism led to Pakistan not hosting international cricket since the Sri
Lankan team was attacked in 2009, and Pakistan was stripped of its co-host status for the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2011. India and Pakistan qualified for the first semi-final in Chandigarh,
India, and the Indian government invited the Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to
watch the match along with his Indian counterpart, Dr. Manmohan Singh. Bilateral ties finally
resumed when BCCI invited the Pakistan national team to tour India for three ODIs and two
T20Is in December 2012. The ODIs were held in New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai with
Ahmedabad and Bangalore hosted T20I fixtures.[11]
In June 2014, the Pakistan Cricket Board stated that an agreement to play six bilateral series
has been signed with the BCCI during the ICC annual conference in Melbourne.[12] After
lengthy negotiations, involving offers and counter-offers on the venues and scheduling of the
first of these series in December 2015, the boards were unable to reach an agreement, and
the BCCI did not tour for a full series against Pakistan in the UAE, and communications
petered out with no result.[13] In May 2017, BCCI secretary Amitabh Choudhary said that the
BCCI would need approval from the Indian government before a bilateral series can go ahead.
[14] There was no further progress, despite both members of both boards meeting in Dubai to
discuss the matter.[15]
Summary of results[edit]
Overall[edit]
Test ODI T20I
Matches 59 129 8
Won by Pakistan 12 73 1
Won by India 9 52 6
Draw/Tie/No
38 4 1
result
ICC tournaments[edit]
Matche Indi Pakista
Tournament Draw/Tie/No result
s a n
World Cup 6 6 0 0
World Twenty20 5 5 0 0+
Champions
5 2 3 0
Trophy
Notes: 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. [16]
Continental tournaments[edit]
Matche Indi Pakista
Tournament Draw/Tie/No result
s a n
Asia Cup ODI 11 5 5 1
Asia Cup Twenty20 1 1 0 -
Asian Test
1 0 1 -
Championship

Championship titles[edit]
ICC tournaments[edit]
Tournament India Pakistan
2
World Cup 1 (1992)
(1983, 2011)
World Twenty20 1 (2007) 1 (2009)
Champions 2
1 (2017)
Trophy (2002, 2013)
Notes:
* The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was shared between Sri Lanka and India.
Continental tournaments[edit]
Indi
Tournament Pakistan
a
Asia Cup ODI 5* 2
Asia Cup Twenty20 1 -
Asian Test
1
Championship
Notes:
* Pakistan did not participate in 199091 Asia Cup.

List of Test series[edit]

T
Ye e I P
Drawn/No Winn
# ar Host First match s N A
Result er
s t D K
s
1952
1 India 16 October 1952 5 2 1 2 India
53
1954
2 Pakistan 1 January 1955 5 0 0 5 Drawn
55
1960
3 India 2 December 1960 5 0 0 5 Drawn
61
1978
4 Pakistan 16 October 1978 3 0 2 1 Pakistan
79
1979
5 India 21 November 1979 6 2 0 4 India
80
1982
6 Pakistan 10 December 1982 6 0 3 3 Pakistan
83
1983 14 September
7 India 3 0 0 3 Drawn
84 1983
1984
8 Pakistan 17 October 1984 2 0 0 2 Drawn
85
1986
9 India 3 February 1987 5 0 1 4 Pakistan
87
1989
10 Pakistan 15 November 1989 4 0 0 4 Drawn
90
1998
11 India 28 January 1999 2 1 1 0 Drawn
99
12 2003 Pakistan 28 March 2004 3 2 1 0 India
 T
Ye e I P
Drawn/No Winn
# ar Host First match s N A
Result er
s t D K
s
04
2004
13 India 8 March 2005 3 1 1 1 Drawn
05
2005
14 Pakistan 13 January 2006 3 0 1 2 Pakistan
06
2007
15 India 22 November 2007 3 1 0 2 India
08
India: 8 Pakistan: 4
Total Pakistan: 58 09 11 38 India: 4
7 Draw: 7

List of ODI series[edit]

Cricket World Cup[edit]
ICC Champions Trophy[edit]
The table only includes those World Cup tournaments where India
and Pakistan faced each other The table only includes those Champions Trop
where India and Pakistan faced each other
S T
. O i S
I P Wi . O
Tourn D e H I
Host N A nn Tourn D
N ament I / os N
D K er N ament I
o s N t D
. R o s
.
Australia
1992 Cricket 2004 ICC
1 New 1 1 0 0 Pakistan Englan
World Cup 1 Champions 1 0
Zealand d
Trophy
India
1996 Cricket Sri 2009 ICC
2 Pakistan 1 1 0 0 South
World Cup Lanka 2 Champions 1 0
Sri Lanka Africa
Trophy
England
Scotland 2013 ICC
Englan
1999 Cricket Wales 3 Champions 1 1
3 1 1 0 0 Australia d
World Cup Ireland Trophy
Netherland 2017 ICC
s Englan
4 Champions 2 1
d
4 2003 Cricket South 1 1 0 0 Australia Trophy
World Cup Africa Total 5 2
Zimbabwe
 S T
. O i
I P Wi
Tourn D e
Host N A nn
N ament I /
D K er
o s N
. R
Kenya
India
2011 Cricket
5 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 India
World Cup
Bangladesh
Australia
2015 Cricket
6 New 1 1 0 0 Australia
World Cup
Zealand
Total 6 6 0 0
Asia Cup[edit]
S T
. O i
I P Wi
Tourna D e
Host N A nne
N ment I /
D K r
o s N
. R
1984 Asia
1 UAE 1 1 0 0 India
Cup
1988 Asia Banglades
2 1 1 0 0 India
Cup h
1995 Asia
3 UAE 1 0 1 0 India
Cup
1997 Asia
4 Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 Sri Lanka
Cup
2000 Asia Banglades
5 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
Cup h
2004 Asia
6 Sri Lanka 1 0 1 0 Sri Lanka
Cup
2008 Asia
7 Pakistan 2 1 1 0 Sri Lanka
Cup
2010 Asia
8 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 India
Cup
2012 Asia Banglades
9 1 1 0 0 Pakistan
Cup h
2014 Asia Banglades
10 1 0 1 0 Sri Lanka
Cup h
 S T
. O i
I P Wi
Tourna D e
Host N A nne
N ment I /
D K r
o s N
. R
2016 Asia
10 Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 India
Cup
Total 12 6 5 1
Notes:
* India did not participate in 1986 Asia Cup.
* Pakistan did not participate in 1990 Asia Cup.

Bilateral series[edit]
O
Ye I P
D Tie/No Winne
# ar Host First match N A
I Result r
s D K
s
1978
1 Pakistan 1 October 1978 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
79
1982
2 Pakistan 3 December 1982 4 1 3 0 Pakistan
83
1983 10 September
3 India 2 2 0 0 India
84 1983
1984
4 Pakistan 12 October 1984 2 0 1 1 Pakistan
85
1986
5 India 27 January 1987 6 1 5 0 Pakistan
87
1989
6 Pakistan 16 December 1989 3 0 2 1 Pakistan
90
16 September
7 1996 Canada 5 2 3 0 Pakistan
1996
13 September
8 1997 Canada 5 4 1 0 India
1997
1997 28 September
9 Pakistan 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
98 1997
12 September
10 1998 Canada 5 1 4 0 Pakistan
1998
2003
11 Pakistan 13 March 2004 5 3 2 0 India
04
2004
12 India 13 November 2004 1 0 1 0 Pakistan
05
 O
Ye I P
D Tie/No Winne
# ar Host First match N A
I Result r
s D K
s
2004
13 India 2 April 2005 6 2 4 0 Pakistan
05
2005
14 Pakistan 6 February 2006 5 4 1 0 India
06
2005
15 UAE 18 April 2006 2 1 1 0 Drawn
06
2007
16 India 5 November 2007 5 3 2 0 India
08
2012
17 India 30 December 2012 3 1 2 0 Pakistan
13
Pakistan:
Pakistan: 11
7
Total 65 27 36 2 India: 5
India: 6
Tie: 1
Neutral: 4