India–Pakistan cricket rivalry

India vs Pakistan

Teams	India Pakistan
First meeting	16–19 October 1952 (Test) 1 October 1978 (ODI) 14 September 2007 (T20I)
Latest meeting	19 March 2016 2016 ICC World Twenty20, Eden Gardens, Kolkata India beat Pakistan by 6 wickets
Next meeting	4 June 2017 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Edgbaston, Birmingham
Statistics
Meetings total	Tests:59 ODIs: 128 T20Is: 8
Most wins	Tests: Pakistan (Pakistan 12 India 9) ODIs: Pakistan (Pakistan 72 India 51) T20: India (India 6 Pakistan 1)

The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world.^[1][2] An India-Pakistan cricket match has been estimated to attract up to one billion viewers, according to TV ratings firms and various other reports.^[3][4][5] The 2011 World Cup semifinal between the two teams attracted around 988 million television viewers.^[6][7][8]

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.

History

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. Many of the players in the first post-independence teams of India and Pakistan had played together as team-mates 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 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 put a 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 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 3 ODIs and 2 T20s in December 2012. The three ODIs were held in New Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai with Ahmedabad and Bangalore hosted two T20I fixtures.^[11]

In March 2013, 66 Kashmiri students studying at Swami Vivekanand Subharti University in Meerut, India were expelled and briefly threatened with sedition charges because they cheered for the Pakistani cricket team during a televised match against India at the Asia Cup.^[12]

On 27 June 2014, Pakistan Cricket Board stated that an agreement to play 6 bilateral series has been signed with BCCI during the ICC annual conference in Melbourne.^[13] 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 tour for a full series against Pakistan in the UAE, and communications petered out with no result.^[14]

Head-to-head results

Overall

	Test	ODI	T20
Matches played	59	128	8
Won by India	9	51	6
Won by Pakistan	12	72	1
Draw/Tie/No result	38	2	1

Results of Matches played in World Level Tournaments (Eight or more Teams)

Tournament	India	Pakistan	Draw/Tie/No result
ICC Cricket World Cup	6	0	0
ICC World Twenty20	4	0	1^†
ICC Champions Trophy	1	2	0
World Championship of Cricket	2	0	0

• 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. The match result was officially recorded as a tie.^[15]

Results of Matches played in Continental Tournaments

Tournament	India	Pakistan
Austral-Asia Cup	0	4
Asia Cup ODI	5	5
Asian Twenty20	1	0
Asian Test Championship	0	1

World Level Tournaments Won

Tournament	India	Pakistan
ICC Cricket World Cup	2	1
ICC World Twenty20	1	1
ICC Champions Trophy	2*	0
World Championship of Cricket	1	0

• Notes:

* The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was shared between Sri Lanka and India.

Continental Tournaments Won

Tournament	India	Pakistan
Austral-Asia Cup	0	3
Asia Cup ODI	5	2
Asian Twenty20	1	0
Asian Test Championship	0	1

Other Tournaments Won

Tournament	India	Pakistan
Under-19 Cricket World Cup	3	2
Women's Asia Cup ODI	4	0
Women's Asian Twenty20	1	0
Australian Tri-Series	1	1

List of Test series

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		59	09	12	38	Pakistan: 5 India: 4 Draw: 7

List of ODI series

Bilateral series

Series	Years	Host	First match	ODIs	IND	PAK	Tie/No Result	Winner
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
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		Pakistan: 7 India: 6 Neutral: 4		65	27	36	2	Pakistan: 11 India: 5 Tie: 1

Series involving other teams

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
1	Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1984-85	Australia	Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies	17 February 1985	2	2	0	0	India
2	Rothmans Four-Nations Cup 1984–85	UAE	Australia, England	22 March 1985	1	1	0	0	India
3	Rothmans Sharjah Cup 1985–86	UAE	West Indies	15 November 1985	1	0	1	0	West Indies
4	Austral-Asia Cup 1985-86	UAE	Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka	10 April 1986	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
5	Champions Trophy 1986–87	UAE	Sri Lanka, West Indies	27 November 1986	1	0	1	0	West Indies
6	Sharjah Cup 1986–87	UAE	Australia, England	2 April 1987	1	0	1	0	England
7	Champions Trophy 1988–89	UAE	West Indies	16 October 1988	1	0	1	0	West Indies
8	Champions Trophy 1989–90	UAE	West Indies	13 October 1989	2	0	2	0	Pakistan
9	MRF World Series (Nehru Cup) 1989–90	India	Australia, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies	15 October 1989	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
10	Austral-Asia Cup 1990	UAE	Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka	25 April 1990	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
11	Wills Trophy 1991–92	UAE	West Indies	17 October 1991	3	1	2	0	Pakistan
12	Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup 1993-94	UAE	Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, UAE	13 April 1994	2	0	2	0	Pakistan
13	Singer World Series 1994	Sri Lanka	Australia, Sri Lanka	4 September 1994	0^†	0	0	0	India
14	Singer Cup 1995–96	Singapore	Sri Lanka	1 April 1996	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
15	Pepsi Sharjah Cup 1995-96	UAE	South Africa	12 April 1996	2	1	1	0	South Africa
16	Pepsi Independence Cup 1997	India	New Zealand, Sri Lanka	9 May 1997	1	0	1	0	Sri Lanka
17	Akai-Singer Champions Trophy 1997–98	UAE	England, West Indies	11 December 1997	1	0	1	0	England
18	Silver Jubilee Independence Cup 1997–98	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	10 January 1998	4	3	1	0	India
19	Pepsi Cup 1998–99	India	Sri Lanka	19 March 1999	3	0	3	0	Pakistan
20	Coca-Cola Cup 1998–99	UAE	England	7 April 1999	3	1	2	0	Pakistan
21	Carlton & United Series 1999-00	Australia	Australia	9 January 2000	4	1	3	0	Australia
22	Coca-Cola Cup 1999-00	UAE	South Africa	22 March 2000	2	1	1	0	Pakistan
23	Videocon Cup 2004	Netherlands	Australia	21 August 2004	1	0	1	0	Australia
24	Kitply Cup 2008	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	8 June 2008	2	1	1	0	Pakistan
Total		Others: 21 India: 3			41	12	29	0	Pakistan: 11 India: 4 Others: 9

• Note:

† The match was abandoned.

Test records

Matches Summary

	Matches	Won by India	Won by Pakistan	Draw
Total	59	9	12	38
In India	33	7	5	21
In Pakistan	26	2	7	17

Team

Most runs in an innings

Runs	Team	Venue	Season
699-5	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: 30 November 2016[16]

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: 30 November 2016[17]

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: 30 November 2016[18]

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	1979-80
Last updated: 30 November 2016[18]

Smallest victories

Margin	Teams	Venue	Season
12 runs	Pakistan	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	1998-99
16 runs	Pakistan	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	1986-87
46 runs	Pakistan	Eden Gardens	1998-99
131 runs	India	Wankhede Stadium	1979-80
168 runs	Pakistan	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	2004-05
Last updated: 30 November 2016[19]

Individual

Most runs

Runs	Player	Span
2228(39 innings)	Javed Miandad	1978-89
2089(41 innings)	Sunil Gavaskar	1978-87
1740(25 innings)	Zaheer Abbas	1978-84
1431(25 innings)	Mudassar Nazar	1978-84
1321(17 innings)	Younis Khan	2005-07
Last updated: 30 November 2016[20]

High scores

Runs	Player	Venue	Date
309	Virender Sehwag	Multan Cricket Stadium	28 March 2004
280	Javed Miandad	Niaz Stadium	14 January 1983
270	Rahul Dravid	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	13 April 2004
267	Younis Khan	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	24 March 2005
254	Virender Sehwag	Gaddafi Stadium	13 January 2006
Last updated: 30 November 2016[21]

Most wickets

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
99	Kapil Dev	29	30.12
94	Imran Khan	23	24.04
81	Anil Kumble	15	31.97
45	Wasim Akram	12	28.86
44	Fazal Mahmood	14	24.54
Last updated: 30 November 2016[22]

Best bowling figures in an innings

Bowling	Player	Venue	Date
10-74	Anil Kumble	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	4 February 1999
8-52	Vinoo Mankad	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	16 October 1952
8-60	Imran Khan	National Stadium, Karachi	23 December 1982
8-69	Sikander Bhakt	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	4 December 1979
8-85	Kapil Dev	Gaddafi Stadium	23 January 1983
Last updated: 30 November 2016[23]

ODI records

Matches Summary

	Matches	Won by India	Won by Pakistan	Tie/NR
Total	127	51	72	4
In India	30	11	19	-
In Pakistan	27	11	14	2
Neutral	70	29	39	2

Team

Highest innings total

Score	Team	Venue	Season
356-9(50 overs)	India	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam	2004-05
349-7(50 overs)	India	National Stadium, Karachi	2003-04
344-8(50 overs)	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	2003-04
330-4(47.5 overs)	India	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2011-12
330-8(50 overs)	India	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2008
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 30 November 2016.

Lowest innings total

Score	Team	Venue	Season
79(34.2 overs)	India	Jinnah Stadium Sialkot	1978-79
87(32.5 overs)	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1984-85
112(30.2 overs)	India	Gaddafi Stadium	1989-90
116(45 overs)	Pakistan	Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club	1997
125(45 overs)	India	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1998-99
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 30 November 2016.

Largest victories

Margin	Winning team	Venue	Season
159 runs	Pakistan	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	2004-05
143 runs	Pakistan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	1998-99
140 runs	India	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2008
134 runs	Pakistan	Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club	1998
123 runs	Pakistan	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	1998-99
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 30 November 2016.

Smallest victories

Margin	Winning team	Venue	Season
4 runs	India	Ayub National Stadium	1978-79
4 runs	Pakistan	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	1991-92
5 runs	India	National Stadium, Karachi	2003-04
7 runs	Pakistan	Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala	1989-90
7 runs	Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium	2005-06
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 30 November 2016.

• Notes: The 1987 ODI match between the teams ended in a tie, but India was awarded the match as a result of a losing lesser wickets. IND 212/6(44 overs) & PAK 212/7(44 overs).^[24]

Individual

Most career runs

Runs	Player	Period
2,474 (66 innings)	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2012
2,403 (64 innings)	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1992–2006
2,005 (55 innings)	Rahul Dravid	1996–2012
2,002 (48 innings)	Saeed Anwar	1989–2003
1,657 (59 innings)	Mohammad Azharuddin	1985–2000
Last updated: 30 November 2016[25]

Highest individual score

Runs	Player	Venue	Date
194	Saeed Anwar	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	21 May 1997
183	Virat Kohli	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	18 March 2012
148	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	ACA-VDCA Stadium	5 April 2005
143	Shoaib Malik	R. Premadasa Stadium	25 July 2004
141	Sachin Tendulkar	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	16 March 2004
Last updated: 30 November 2016[26]

Most wickets in a career

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
60	Wasim Akram	48	25.15
57	Saqlain Mushtaq	35	24.38
54	Anil Kumble	34	24.25
	Aaqib Javed	39	24.64
	Javagal Srinath	36	30.68
Last updated: 30 November 2016[27]

Best bowling figure

Bowling	Player	Venue	Date
7-37	Aaqib Javed	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	25 October 1991
6-14	Imran Khan	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	22 March 1985
6-27	Naved-ul-Hasan	Keenan Stadium	9 April 2005
5-16	Sourav Ganguly	Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club	18 September 1997
5-19	Aaqib Javed	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	7 April 1995
Last updated: 30 November 2016[28]

T20I records

Matches Summary

	Matches	Won by India	Won by Pakistan	Tie/NR
Total	8	6	1	1
In India	3	2	1	-
Neutral	5	3	0	1

Team

Highest innings total

Score	Team	Venue	Season
192-5(20 overs)	India	Sardar Patel Stadium	2012-13
181-7(20 overs)	Pakistan	Sardar Patel Stadium	2012-13
157-5(20 overs)	India	Wanderers Stadium	2007-08
152(19.3 overs)	Pakistan	Wanderers Stadium	2007-08
141-9(20 overs)	India	Kingsmead Cricket Ground	2007-08
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 30 November 2016.

Lowest innings total

Score	Team	Venue	Season
83(17.3 overs)	Pakistan	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2015-16
128(19.4 overs)	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium	2012-13
130-7(20 overs)	Pakistan	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2013-14
133-9(20 overs)	India	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	2012-13
141-9(20 overs)	India	Kingsmead Cricket Ground	2007-08
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 30 November 2016.

Individual

Most career runs

Runs	Player	Period
254 (6 innings)	Virat Kohli	2012-16
164 (8 innings)	Shoaib Malik	2007-16
156 (7 innings)	Mohammad Hafeez	2007-16
155 (8 innings)	Yuvraj Singh	2007-16
139 (5 innings)	Gautam Gambhir	2007-12
Last updated: 30 November 2016[29]

Highest individual score

Runs	Player	Venue	Date
78	Virat Kohli	R. Premadasa Stadium	30 September 2012
75	Gautam Gambhir	Wanderers Stadium	24 September 2007
72	Yuvraj Singh	Sardar Patel Stadium	28 December 2012
61	Mohammad Hafeez	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	25 December 2012
57	Shoaib Malik	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	25 December 2012
Last updated: 30 November 2016[30]

Most wickets in a career

Wickets	Player	Matches	Average
11	Umar Gul	6	16.18
6	Irfan Pathan	3	11.00
5	Mohammad Asif	2	8.60
5	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	3	15.20
4	Mohammad Amir	2	7.25
Last updated: 30 November 2016[31]

Best bowling figure

Bowling	Player	Venue	Date
4-18	Mohammad Asif	Kingsmead Cricket Ground	14 September 2007
4-37	Umar Gul	Sardar Patel Stadium	28 December 2012
3-8	Hardik Pandya	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	27 February 2016
3-9	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	25 December 2012
3-16	Irfan Pathan	Wanderers Stadium	24 September 2007
Last updated: 30 November 2016[32]

India vs Pakistan in World Cups and World T20 matches

World Cup meetings

4 March 1992 Scorecard

India  216/7 (49 overs)	v	Pakistan 173 (48.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 54* (62) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/59 (10 overs)		Aamir Sohail 62 (95) Manoj Prabhakar 2/22 (10 overs)

India won by 43 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Peter McConnell and David Shepherd Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• Match reduced to 49 overs per side due to a slow over rate by Pakistan.

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9 March 1996 Scorecard

India  287/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 248/9 (49 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 93 (115) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/56 (10 overs)		Aamer Sohail 55 (46) Venkatesh Prasad 3/45 (10 overs)

India won by 39 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India Attendance: 55,000 Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Player of the match: Navjot Sidhu (Ind)

• Pakistan was fined 1 over for a slow over rate
• This was last ODI for Javed Miandad (Pak)

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8 June 1999 Scorecard

India  227/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 180 (45.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 61 (89) Wasim Akram 2/27 (10 overs)		Inzamam-Ul-Haq 41 (93) Venkatesh Prasad 5/27 (9.3 overs)

India won by 47 runs Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Venkatesh Prasad (Ind)

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1 March 2003 Scorecard

Pakistan  273/7 (50 overs)	v	India 276/4 (45.4 overs)
Saeed Anwar 101 (126) Zaheer Khan 2/46 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 98 (75) Waqar Younis 2/71 (8.4 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and David Shepherd Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• Pakistan was fined 1 over for a slow over rate

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30 March 2011 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard

India  260/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 231 (49.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 85 (115) Wahab Riaz 5/46 (10 overs)		Misbah-ul-Haq 56 (76) Ashish Nehra 2/33 (10 overs)

India won by 29 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India Attendance: 35,000 Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat

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15 February 2015 14:00 (ACDT) (D/N) Scorecard

India  300/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 224 (47 overs)
Virat Kohli 107 (126) Sohail Khan 5/55 (10 overs)		Misbah-ul-Haq 76 (84) Mohammed Shami 4/35 (9 overs)

India won by 76 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat first.

World T20 meetings

14 September 2007 18:00 Scorecard

India  141/9 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 141/7 (20 overs)
Robin Uthappa 50 (39) Mohammad Asif 4/18 (4)		Misbah-ul-Haq 53 (35) Irfan Pathan 2/20 (4)

Match tied, India won bowl-out (3–0, Ind X X X, Pak O O O) Kingsmead, Durban, South Africa Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammad Asif

• After the match ended in a tie, the winner was decided out of a bowl out. India won the bowl out and qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

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24 September 2007 14:00 Scorecard

India  157/5 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 152 all out (19.3 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 75 (54) Umar Gul 2/38 (4)		Misbah-ul-Haq 43 (38) Irfan Pathan 3/16 (4)

India won by 5 runs and won the ICC World T20 2007 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Attendance: 32,217 Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG), Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Irfan Pathan (Ind)

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30 September 2012 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  128 (19.4 overs)	v	India 129/2 (17 overs)
Shoaib Malik 28 (22) Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/22 (3.4 overs)		Virat Kohli 78* (61) Raza Hasan 1/22 (4 overs)

India won by 8 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

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21 March 2014 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  130/7 (20 overs)	v	India 131/3 (18.3 overs)
Umar Akmal 33 (30) Amit Mishra 2/22 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 36* (32) Bilawal Bhatti 1/17 (2 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Twenty20 International debut: Mohammed Shami (Ind).

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19 March 2016 19:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  118/5 (18 overs)	v	India 119/4 (15.5 overs)
Shoaib Malik 26 (16) Suresh Raina 1/4 (1 over)		Virat Kohli 55* (37) Mohammad Sami 2/17 (2 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The start of the match was delayed by a wet outfield and the game was reduced to 18 overs per side.

Players who have played for both teams

After the partition in 1947, Pakistan emerged to play cricket. But India had already been playing cricket matches pre-independence. Three players have played for Pakistan after appearing for India. They are:

• Amir Elahi – India (one test vs. Australia at Sydney in 1947), Pakistan (1952–53)
• Gul Mohammad – India (1946–55), Pakistan (one test vs. Australia at Karachi in 1956)
• Abdul Hafeez Kardar – India (1946–48), Pakistan (1948–58)

Although Pakistan was created in 1947, Gul Mohammad continued to represent India until 1955, and played for India against Pakistan in Pakistan's first tour of India in 1951-52.

See also

• Cricket diplomacy
• India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry

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External links

• India vs Pakistan ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
• India vs Pakistan at the World Cup
• India vs Pakistan – All World Cup and World T20 match results