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TheIndia–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intensesports rivalries in the world.[1][2] Matches between the teams are considered some of the biggest in the world and are among the most-viewed in all of sports.
The two teams have played a total of 211 times, with Pakistan winning 88 matches and India winning 80. In Tests and ODIs, Pakistan has been victorious in more games than India, while India has won more games in T20Is. InICC World Cups, the two sides have met head to head in 16 matches, with India winning 15 of them. Both India and Pakistan have won the ICCCricket World Cup, the ICCT20 World Cup, as well as other prestigious tournaments. In fact, India has won seven ICC trophies, while Pakistan has won three ICC trophies.
Thetense relations between the two nations, resulting from bitter diplomatic relations and conflict that originated during thePartition of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947, theIndo-Pakistani Wars, and theKashmir conflict, laid the foundations for the emergence of a fierce sporting rivalry between the two nations who had shared a common cricketing heritage.[3]
The two sides firstplayed in 1952, whenPakistan touredIndia. Since then numerousTest series and, later,One Day International (ODI) series have been played, although a number of planned tours by both sides have been cancelled or aborted due to political factors. No cricket was played between the two countries from 1962 to 1977 due to two major wars in 1965 and 1971, and the1999 Kargil War and the2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks also interrupted cricketing ties between the two nations.[4][5]
In the 1980s and 1990s, the growth of largeexpatriate populations from both countries across the world led toneutral venues to host bilateral and multilateral ODI series featuring the two teams. In addition, there has always been high demand for tickets for the matches between the two in global ICC competitions, with over 800,000 ticket applications made for their meeting in the2019 ICC Cricket World Cup;[4][5] the television transmission of the match was watched by 273 million viewers.[6]
Players from both teams routinely face extreme pressure to win and are threatened by extreme reactions in defeat. Extreme fan reactions to defeats in key matches have been recorded, with a limited degree ofhooliganism.[4] At the same time, India–Pakistan matches have also offered opportunities forcricket diplomacy as a means to improve relations between the two countries, allowing heads of state and cricket followers from either country to travel to the other to watch the matches.[5]
The last full bilateral tour between the teams wasPakistan's tour of India in 2007, where both Test and ODI series were played. However, following the2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, orchestrated by Pakistan based terror groupLashkar-e-Taiba, India suspended the planned 2009 series and all future engagements with Pakistan.[7] The attack eventually led to detrimental consequences for both nations, in diplomacy and cricket.[8] Since then, as both teams only meet in ICC or ACC tournaments and with India emerging as the winner on most occasions, the rivalry in cricketing sense has faded to an extent, prompting Indian CaptainSuryakumar Yadav to say it isn't a rivalry anymore.[9]
ThePartition of British India in 1947 that led to the creation of independent Indian and Pakistani states was characterised by bloody conflict between ethnic groups that left one million people dead and led to the mass-migration of an estimated ten million people between either nation. The legacy of Partition and subsequent territorial disputes have helped create heated rivalries infield hockey,association football, and especially incricket, which had been developed duringBritish colonial rule and is the most popular sport in both nations.[10]
Pakistan became a member of theImperial Cricket Conference (now theInternational Cricket Council) in 1948,[A] becoming a Full Member[B] in July 1952.[C] Their tour of India later the same year saw the team play their first Test matches. They lost the first Test inDelhi to India, but won the second Test inLucknow, which led to an angry reaction from the home crowd against the Indian players. India clinched the Test series after winning the third Test inBombay, 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 victory.[11] When India toured Pakistan in 1955, thousands of Indian fans were granted visas to go to the Pakistani city ofLahore to watch the Test match, but both the 1955 series and Pakistan's tour of India in 1961 ended in drawn series, with neither team being able to win a single Test match. Complaints about the fairness of umpires became routine.[12][13]
TheIndo-Pakistani War of 1965 and subsequentWar of 1971 put a hold on matches between the two sides that lasted till 1978, whenIndia toured Pakistan and cricket between the two countries resumed for a brief period.[14] 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 normalise bilateral relations.[15]
In the late 1980s and for most of the 1990s, India and Pakistan played each other only at neutral venues such asSharjah in the United Arab Emirates and in the Canadian city ofToronto, where large audiences of expatriates regularly watched matches between the sides.[16] 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.[17]
The rise of multinational competitions, such as theICC Cricket World Cup,ICC T20 World Cup,ICC Champions Trophy, and theAsia Cup led to more regular, albeit briefer, contests between the two sides.[18]
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In 1999, immediately followingIndian Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee's historic visit to Pakistan, the Pakistani team toured India for a series of Test matches and One Day Internationals. TheKargil War later in the year caused tensions between the countries and cricket was again suspended. Vajpayee's peace initiative of 2003 led to India touring Pakistan after a gap of almost 15 years. Subsequent exchange tours were held in January to February 2006 in Pakistan and November to December 2007 in India.
TheNovember 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan based terrorist outfitLashkar-e-Taiba caused a major blow to the diplomatic and cricketing ties between India and Pakistan. It led to the suspension of India's planned tour of Pakistan in 2009 and all future engagements in Pakistan.[7] Since then, India has refused to play any form of series against Pakistan, only exception being Asia Cup and ICC events.[8] Furthermore, Pakistani players wereexcluded from theIndian Premier League, following which theircontracts were terminated, with the inaugural season being the only one where they participated.[19]
The2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore led to the suspension of international tours of Pakistan, with no Test series played in the country for a decade[20] and Pakistan was removed as a co-host for the2011 Cricket World Cup which had been due to be played across the Indian subcontinent.[D] India and Pakistan qualified for the first semi-final of the tournament and the Indian government invited the Pakistani Prime MinisterYousuf Raza Gilani to watch the match along with his Indian counterpart,Manmohan Singh.[21]
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Bilateral ties finally resumed when theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) invited the Pakistan national team to tour India for three ODIs and two T20Isin December 2012.[22] In June 2014, thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that an agreement to play six bilateral series across eight years between the two teams had reached.[23] 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.[24] In May 2017, the BCCI accounted that it would need approval from the Indian government before a bilateral series could go ahead.[25] There was no further progress, despite members of both boards meeting in Dubai to discuss the matter.[26]
In October 2021, during theT20 World Cup, the teams played their 200th international match against each other.[27] Pakistan won the fixture by ten wickets, their first in 13 attempts against India in World Cup tournaments of either format.[28]
In October 2021, following a meeting with the ACC,Ramiz Raja confirmed that Pakistan would host theAsia Cup in2023, with Sri Lanka hosting the2022 edition.[29] In October 2022, theBoard of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and ACC PresidentJay Shah announced that India would not travel to Pakistan, citing security concerns, and that the Asia Cup 2023 would take place in a neutral venue.[30] In December 2022, the then PCB chairmanRamiz Raja said that Pakistan might consider pulling out of the tournament if their hosting rights were withdrawn because of India's unwillingness to travel to Pakistan.[31] The PCB had threatened to boycott the2023 Cricket World Cup in India after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send a team to the Asia Cup.[32][33] This issue was later resolved, and Pakistan eventually participated in the2023 Cricket World Cup in India.
In January 2023, ACC confirmed the teams and groups of the Asia Cup, with both India and Pakistan taking part.[34]In March 2023, it was proposed that Pakistan remain as hosts and that all India matches - including at least two India-Pakistan contests - would be played at a neutral venue yet to be confirmed.[35] The hybrid model proposed by Pakistan was rejected by Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.[36] In response, PCB ChairmanNajam Sethi proposed two options. The first option was that India play all their matches at a neutral venue with Pakistan hosting the rest of the teams. The second option was that four matches in the group stage take place in Pakistan whereas the second phase, in which matches played by the Indian team followed by the next stage matches including the final, be played at a neutral venue. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh agreed to the second option.[37] On 15 June 2023, theAsian Cricket Council announced that the tournament would be organized in a hybrid model with four matches being held in Pakistan, and the remaining nine in Sri Lanka.[38]
India and Pakistan met twice in the 2023 Asia Cup. Though the first match in the Group stage yielded a no result due to rain, India defeated Pakistan by an enormous margin in the Super Four clash between the 2 sides, scoring 356 for the loss of only 2 wickets. India in this match not only set their highest-ever score in ODI cricket against Pakistan, but also defeated them with the highest ever run margin of 228 runs, bundling Pakistan out for 128. India would eventually go on to win this Asia Cup, while Pakistan would be knocked out in the super-fours round.[39] India won the match against Pakistan at the2024 Men's T20 World Cup by 6 runs, which was also the first ICC tournament to be held inUnited States of America.[40] Then in 2025, India again defeated Pakistan; this time in the2025 ICC Champions Trophy by 6 wickets with Virat Kohli scoring his 51st century in ODI cricket.[41]
The2025 Asia Cup was a heavily tense situation for both teams, mostly due to thePahalgam terror attack by Pakistan based terror groupThe Resistance Front and themilitary conflict in the aftermath of the attack. Before the tournament, there were calls for boycott, but eventually the Government of India gave a go-ahead.[42] During the group stage, the Indian team led bySuryakumar Yadav refused to shake hands after defeating Pakistan, with Yadav dedicating the victory to the victims of Pahalgam attack and Indian Army.[43][44] In the super four stage, Pakistani cricketersHaris Rauf andSahibzada Farhan made insensitive gestures in the match: while Rauf made a "jet crashing" gesture and a "6-0" finger sign, interpreted by media as a symbolic reference to Pakistan's unverified claim of shooting down six Indian aircraft duringOperation Sindoor, Farhan celebrated his half-century by mimicking firing a rifle with his bat.[45] Yadav and Rauf were fined 30% of their match fees, while Farhan received a warning.[45] Following thefinal, in which India defeated Pakistan again, a major controversy erupted as the Indian team refused to accept the winning trophy fromACC presidentMohsin Naqvi, who also serves asPakistan's Interior Minister and Chairman of thePCB, and this led to a delay in handing out other awards.[46] Yadav later said the side had been "denied" the opportunity to lift the trophy and criticized the handling of the ceremony.[47] Naqvi handed the trophy to the UAE cricket authorities when the BCCI threatened to impeach him from the ACC presidentship for misconduct.[48]
Following the men'sAsia Cup victory, the BCCI asked the women's team to avoid shaking hands with the Pakistani women's team during the2025 Women's Cricket World Cup.[49]
The two sides have played a total of 211 matches, with Pakistan winning 88 matches and India winning 80. In Tests and ODIs, Pakistan has been victorious in more games than India.[50] Meanwhile, India has won 13 of the 16 T20Is between the two sides.[E][52][53]
| Format | Matches played | India won | Pakistan won | Draw/No Result |
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| Test | 59 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| ODI | 136 | 58 | 73 | 5 |
| T20I | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 211 | 80 | 88 | 43 |
| Format |  India |  Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Test | 4th | 7th |
| ODI | 1st | 5th |
| T20 | 1st | 7th |
| Last updated: 29 September 2025 | ||
| Senior Titles | India | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| ICC Cricket World Cup | 2 | 1 |
| ICC T20 World Cup | 2 | 1 |
| ICC Champions Trophy | 3 | 1 |
| ICC World Test Championship | 0 | 0 |
| Asia Cup | 9 | 2 |
| Asian Games | 1 | 0 |
| Asian Test Championship | 0 | 1 |
| Total Senior Titles | 17 | 6 |
| Youth Titles | India | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Under-19 ICC Cricket World Cup | 5 | 2 |
| Under-19 Men's Asia Cup | 8 | 1 |
| Total Youth Titles | 13 | 3 |
In ICC ODI Cricket World Cups, India and Pakistan have played each other in eight matches, with India maintaining an unbeaten 8-0 record. In the2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, India and Pakistan met in the semi-finals, the only time in the tournament history, and it was India who won the knockout game by 29 runs. Their last meeting was during the2023 Cricket World Cup group stage match in Ahmedabad, where India defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets to continue their unbeaten run.[54]
In ICC T20 World Cups, the two teams have played eight times, with the head to head record standing at 7-1 in India's favour. In 2007, India and Pakistan met each other in the inaugural2007 ICC T20 World Cup Final, in which India defeated Pakistan by 5 runs. This was the first time the two teams met in a global ICC final. In2021 ICC T20 World Cup, Pakistan finally registered its first ever win against India in T20 World Cups.[55]
In ICC Champions Trophy, Pakistan and India have a 3-3 record in head to head meetings, with Pakistan winning a famous match, the2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final, in which Pakistan defeated India by 180 runs. The margin of victory was the largest in any ICC ODI tournament final in terms of runs.[56]
The two sides currently do not play test matches against each other and therefore have not met in the World Test Championship yet.
| Tournament | Matches played | India won | Pakistan won | No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI Cricket World Cup | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 World Cup | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Champions Trophy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| World Test Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 |
The two teams have met on 21 occasions in theAsia Cup across both ODI and T20I formats. India has won 13 of these Asia Cup meetings, compared to Pakistan's six wins, with two matches finishing as no result due to rain.[57][F] There was also an Asian Test Championship match between the two sides which Pakistan won. Most notably, in the2025 Asia Cup both teams met three times, including in an Asia Cup final for the first time. However, it was India who was victorious over Pakistan on all three occasions of the 2025 Asia Cup, including the2025 Asia Cup final, in which India defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets.
| Tournament | Matches played | India won | Pakistan won | No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI Asia Cup | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2[F] |
| T20I Asia Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Asian Test Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
The two countries have played in ODI and T20 World Cups, in Champions Trophy, and inWorld Test Championship, all of which are organised by the governing body of world cricket, theInternational Cricket Council (ICC).
In terms of ICC titles, India has won theICC Cricket World Cup twice, while Pakistan has done so once. India has won theICC Men's T20 World Cup twice, with the first edition of the tournament in 2007 featuring a final between the two sides, which India won. India has also won theICC Champions Trophy thrice, while Pakistan won the 2017 edition,defeating India in the final. Neither team has won the World Test Championship, although India finished as runners-up in the first two editions.[59]
| Tournament | India | Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| ICC Cricket World Cup | 2 (1983,2011) | 1 (1992) |
| ICC T20 World Cup | 2 (2007,2024) | 1 (2009) |
| ICC Champions Trophy | 3 (2002,2013,2025) | 1 (2017) |
| ICC World Test Championship | 0 | 0 |
| Total ICC Titles | 7 | 3 |
| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard |
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| 1992 | Group Stage | Sydney Cricket Ground,Sydney,Australia | India won by 43 runs | Sachin Tendulkar | Scorecard |
| 1996 | Quarter-finals | M Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore,India | India won by 39 runs | Navjot Sidhu | Scorecard |
| 1999 | Super Six | Old Trafford,Manchester,England | India won by 47 runs | Venkatesh Prasad | Scorecard |
| 2003 | Group Stage | Centurion Park,Centurion,South Africa | India won by 6 wickets | Sachin Tendulkar | Scorecard |
| 2011 | Semi-Final | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium,Mohali,India | India won by 29 runs | Sachin Tendulkar | Scorecard |
| 2015 | Group Stage | Adelaide Oval,Adelaide,Australia | India won by 76 runs | Virat Kohli | Scorecard |
| 2019 | Old Trafford,Manchester,England | India won by 89 runs (DLS) | Rohit Sharma | Scorecard | |
| 2023 | Narendra Modi Stadium,Ahmedabad,India | India won by 7 wickets | Jasprit Bumrah | Scorecard |
An overview of the teams' performances in every World Cup is given below. For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
No. of teams/ Seasons Team | (8) 1975 | (8) 1979 | (8) 1983 | (8) 1987 | (9) 1992 | (12) 1996 | (12) 1999 | (14) 2003 | (16) 2007 | (14) 2011 | (14) 2015 | (10) 2019 | (10) 2023 | Apps. |
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| India | GP | GP | W | SF | 7th | SF | 6th | RU | GP | W | SF | SF | RU | 13 |
| Pakistan | GP | SF | SF | SF | W | QF | RU | GP | GP | SF | QF | 5th | 5th | 13 |
Legend
| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard |
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| 2007 | Group Stage | Kingsmead Cricket Ground,Durban,South Africa | India won by bowl-out | Mohammad Asif | Scorecard |
| Final | Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg,South Africa | India won by 5 runs | Irfan Pathan | Scorecard | |
| 2012 | Super 8s | R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo,Sri Lanka | India won by 8 wickets | Virat Kohli | Scorecard |
| 2014 | Super 10 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium,Dhaka,Bangladesh | India won by 7 wickets | Amit Mishra | Scorecard |
| 2016 | Eden Gardens,Kolkata,India | India won by 6 wickets | Virat Kohli | Scorecard | |
| 2021 | Super 12 | Dubai International Stadium,Dubai,UAE | Pakistan won by 10 wickets | Shaheen Afridi | Scorecard |
| 2022 | Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne,Australia | India won by 4 wickets | Virat Kohli | Scorecard | |
| 2024 | Group Stage | Nassau County Stadium,East Meadow,USA | India won by 6 runs | Jasprit Bumrah | Scorecard |
| Year | Stage | Venue | Result | Player of the match | Scorecard |
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| 2004 | Group Stage | Rose Bowl,Southampton,England | Pakistan won by 3 wickets | Mohammad Yousuf | Scorecard |
| 2009 | SuperSport Park,Centurion,South Africa | Pakistan won by 54 runs | Shoaib Malik | Scorecard | |
| 2013 | Edgbaston,Birmingham,England | India won by 8 wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Scorecard | |
| 2017 | Edgbaston,Birmingham,England | India won by 124 runs | Yuvraj Singh | Scorecard | |
| Final | The Oval,London,England | Pakistan won by 180 runs | Fakhar Zaman | Scorecard | |
| 2025 | Group Stage | Dubai International Stadium,Dubai,UAE | India won by 6 wickets | Virat Kohli | Scorecard |
Asian Cricket Council (ACC) governs the Asian cricket tournaments, particularly theAsia Cup. There have been 17 editions of the continental tournament so far. India has been the most successful side winning 9 Asia Cups, while Pakistan has won 2 Asia Cups, along with an Asian Test Championship. In the2025 Asia Cup, India and Pakistan met in anAsia Cup final for the first time in the tournament history. However, it was India who completed a thrilling victory over Pakistan in the final to win their 9th Asia Cup title.
| Tournament | India | Pakistan |
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| ACC Asia Cup (ODI) | 7 | 2 |
| ACC Asia Cup (T20I) | 2 | 0 |
| Asian Test Championship | 0 | 1 |
| Total ACC Titles | 9 | 3 |
| Decade | Matches | Result | ||
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| India | Pakistan | Drawn | ||
| 1950s | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1970s | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1980s | 20 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| 1990s | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000s | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010s | – | – | – | – |
| 2020s | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 59 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
Fifteen Test series have been played between the two sides, as well as a one-off Test inAsian Test Championship. Eight of the series have been hosted by India, while seven have been hosted by Pakistan.
In terms of Test series won, both India and Pakistan havewon four series each. This includes both teams winning one away series, with Pakistan famously winning1-0 in India in 1987 and India famously winning2-1 in Pakistan in 2004. Overall, Pakistan has won more Test matches than India head to head.
| Season | Host | Date first Test started | Tests | India won | Pakistan won | Drawn | Winner |
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| 1952–53 | India | 16 October 1952 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | India |
| 1954–55 | Pakistan | 1 January 1955 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Drawn |
| 1960–61 | India | 2 December 1960 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Drawn |
| 1978–79 | Pakistan | 16 October 1978 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Pakistan |
| 1979–80 | India | 21 November 1979 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | India |
| 1982–83 | Pakistan | 10 December 1982 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Pakistan |
| 1983–84 | India | 14 September 1983 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Drawn |
| 1984–85 | Pakistan | 17 October 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Drawn |
| 1986–87 | India | 3 February 1987 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Pakistan |
| 1989–90 | Pakistan | 15 November 1989 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Drawn |
| 1998–99 | India | 28 January 1999 | 2[G] | 1 | 1 | 0 | Drawn |
| 2003–04 | Pakistan | 28 March 2004 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | India |
| 2004–05 | India | 8 March 2005 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Drawn |
| 2005–06 | Pakistan | 13 January 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Pakistan |
| 2007–08 | India | 22 November 2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India |
| Total | 15 | 58[H] | 9 | 11[H] | 38 |
| Decade | Matches | Result | ||
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| India | Pakistan | No result | ||
| 1970s | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980s | 30 | 9 | 19 | 2 |
| 1990s | 45 | 17 | 26 | 2 |
| 2000s | 40 | 18 | 22 | 0 |
| 2010s | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020s | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 136 | 58 | 73 | 5 |
The two sides have played a total of 16 ODI series.[I] Five of these have been played in India, while Pakistan has hosted seven series. Four series have been played in neutral venues, including three in Canada from 1996 to 1998 and one in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan has won nine of the series, while India has won five. Meanwhile, the 1984-85 ODI series was abandoned during the 2nd match (due to assassination ofIndira Gandhi). On the other hand, the2005-06 series held in the UAE was the only series to be drawn.
| Season | Host | Date of first match | Matches | India won | Pakistan won | No Result | Winner |
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| 1978–79 | Pakistan | 1 October 1978 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Pakistan |
| 1982–83 | Pakistan | 3 December 1982 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Pakistan |
| 1983–84 | India | 10 September 1983 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | India |
| 1984–85 | Pakistan | 12 October 1984 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Abandoned |
| 1986–87 | India | 27 January 1987 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | Pakistan |
| 1989–90 | Pakistan | 16 December 1989 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Pakistan |
| 1996 | Canada | 16 September 1996 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | Pakistan |
| 1997 | Canada | 13 September 1997 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | India |
| 1997–98 | Pakistan | 28 September 1997 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Pakistan |
| 1998 | Canada | 12 September 1998 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | Pakistan |
| 2003–04 | Pakistan | 13 March 2004 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | India |
| 2004–05 | India | 2 April 2005 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | Pakistan |
| 2005–06 | Pakistan | 6 February 2006 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | India |
| 2005–06 | UAE | 18 April 2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Drawn |
| 2007–08 | India | 5 November 2007 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | India |
| 2012–13 | India | 30 December 2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Pakistan |
| Total | 64 | 27 | 35 | 2 |
| Decade | Matches | Result | ||
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| India | Pakistan | No result | ||
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010s | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020s | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
The teams have only played one T20I series, a two match series played in 2012 as part ofPakistan's tour of India. Each team won one match, leaving the series drawn.[61]
| Year(s) | Host | Date of first match | Matches | India won | Pakistan won | No Result | Winner |
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| 2012–13 | India | 25 December 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Drawn |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 12 runs | Pakistan | Chennai | 1998–99 |
| 16 runs | Bangalore | 1986–87 | |
| 46 runs | Kolkata | 1998–99 | |
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Javed Miandad scored 2,228 runs in 28 matches at an average of 67.51, making him the highest run-scorer in India vs. Pakistan Tests.Sunil Gavaskar follows with 2,089 runs in 24 matches at an average of 52.22.Kapil Dev leads the wicket charts with 99 wickets in 29 matches at an average of 28.50, whileImran Khan is close behind with 94 wickets in 23 matches at an average of 24.12. Both Miandad and Gavaskar scored five centuries each, while Imran Khan recorded seven five-wicket hauls compared to Kapil Dev’s four.
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Sachin Tendulkar, with 2,526 runs in 69 matches, is the highest run-scorer in India vs. Pakistan ODIs. This includes five centuries and 16 fifties, with a highest score of 141.Inzamam-ul-Haq follows closely with 2,403 runs in 67 matches, averaging 43.69, with four centuries and 12 fifties, and a highest score of 123.Wasim Akram leads the wicket charts with 60 wickets in 48 matches at an average of 25.15 and an economy rate of 3.73, with his best bowling figures being 4/35. Saqlain Mushtaq is just behind him with 57 wickets in 36 matches, averaging 24.38, with an economy rate of 4.52, and his best bowling performance being 5/45.
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The two sides have played each other sixteen times in Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). Eight of these matches have taken place in T20 World Cups, including their meeting in thefinal of the2007 T20 World Cup, and six matches in Asia Cups, including thefinal of the2025 Asia Cup. Also, there was a two-match T20I series played in India in 2012.
The highest team score in a T20I between the two teams is India's 192/5 made inAhmedabad in 2012. Pakistan's highest score against India in T20Is is 182/5 made during the2022 Asia Cup. The lowest score between the two sides is Pakistan's 83 all out made inDhaka during the2016 Asia Cup.[77]
The highest individual score in a T20I between the two sides is Virat Kohli's 82not out made in October 2022 during the2022 T20 World Cup. India'sVirat Kohli holds the record for the most runs scored overall in matches between the two sides with 492 runs in 11 innings.[78]
The best bowling performance in matches between the sides is the 4/18 taken byMohammad Asif during the group stage meeting at the2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa. India's best bowling performance is the 4/30 taken byKuldeep Yadav during the2025 Asia Cup final.[79] Moreover, India's Hardik Pandya has taken the most wickets in matches between the sides, with 15 wickets in 8 innings.
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Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer in India vs. Pakistan T20Is, with 492 runs in 11 innings at an impressive average of 70.28, including five half-centuries and a highest score of 82*. Mohammad Rizwan follows with 228 runs in 5 innings at an average of 57.00, with two half-centuries and a highest score of 79*. Hardik Pandya is the leading wicket-taker, claiming 15 wickets in 8 innings at a remarkable average of 14.60, with best bowling figures of 3/8.
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| 15 | Hardik Pandya | 8 | 7.96 | |
| 11 | Umar Gul | 6 | 8.27 | |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar | 7 | 7.26 | ||
| 9 | Jasprit Bumrah | 7 | 6.91 | |
| Haris Rauf | 7 | 8.66 | ||
| 8 | Kuldeep Yadav | 3 | 6.58 | |
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Prior to thePartition of India in 1947 India had played cricket, having first played as an international side in 1932. Following Partition, Pakistan was created and began playing as an independent nation, making their Test match debut in 1952during a tour of India.
Three players played for Pakistan after appearing for India. They are:[85][86]
After Partition, Gul Mohammad continued to play for India until 1955 and played against Pakistan in their first tour of India in 1951–52. Both Amir Elahi and Abdul Hafeez Kardar played for Pakistan on the tour. Abdul Hafeez Kardar went on to play for Pakistan against India duringIndia's first tour of Pakistan in 1954–55.
Cricket is a significant sport within both countries and matches involving them can provoke what has been described as "a strong response".[87]
In theIndian cricket team in Pakistan in the 1989–90 series, the 3rd ODI at Karachi was abandoned due to crowd disturbance.[88] When Pakistan lost 3 wickets at the score of 28, stone pelting started against Indian fielders. Indian fielders gathered near the pitch. Local cricketer Javed Miandad was unable to calm the crowd and the match was abandoned.[89]Chandu Borde said that in the same match,Mohammad Azharuddin was hit with a metal hook.[90]Sanjay Manjrekar wrote in his book, in the first ODI, that Indian captainKrishnamachari Srikkanth's shirt was torn by a Pakistani spectator.[91]
There have been examples where fans of the opposing side have experienced legal action: in 2016, a 22-year-old Pakistani fan of Indian captainVirat Kohli, was arrested[87] and later sentenced to 10-years imprisonment for hoisting India's flag in Pakistan after a match between India and Australia.[92]
In the city ofLeicester in theUnited Kingdom, tensions between the Indian Hindu and Pakistan Muslim community broke out into violence and a series of protests following the2022 Asia Cup match between Pakistan and India on 28 August.[93][94]
Following theSoviet invasion of Afghanistan, and Soviet pressure on India to deflect the tension they faced, in February 1987 Pakistan's president at the time, GeneralZia ul-Haq, attended a test match between India and Pakistan inJaipur – a visit that apparently helped cool a flare-up in tensions since it led to a meeting with thePrime Minister of IndiaRajiv Gandhi.[95][96] Furthermore, in 2004 after a break of fifteen years,India toured Pakistan in the wake of diplomatic initiatives to bury half a century of mutual hostility. Both sides relaxed their tough visa regulations for each other, allowing thousands of fans to travel across the border.[97]
In an attempt to replicate the cricket diplomacy of the past GeneralPervez Musharraf came to India in 2005 ostensibly for a cricket match. The trip, however, quickly took on the air of a summit as the sides were urged "to seize a historic chance to end their dispute over Kashmir."[98][99] Often this rivalry has been tinged with a religious-political bent to it. In 1991, the workers of theIndian political partyShiv Sena dug up the cricket pitch at theWankhede Stadium inMumbai on the eve of an India-PakistanTest match which was to be held there, forcing the entire series between the two nations to be cancelled.[100][101] The Shiv Sena once again used this unique means of protest at theFeroz Shah Kotla inNew Delhi in 2000 to protest against the Pakistan cricket team's proposed visit.[102] Following theKargil conflict, and at various other times, there have also been calls to suspend cricketing ties between the two countries.
During the2011 Cricket World Cup,the semi-final is believed to have eased the relationship between India and Pakistan after the polarising2008 Mumbai attacks.Prime Minister of IndiaManmohan Singh used this opportunity and greeted his Pakistani counterpartYousuf Raza Gilani to watch the match with him at Mohali. Gilani subsequently accepted the offer and agreed to watch the match with Singh.[103][104]
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