India–Pakistan cricket rivalry

India vs Pakistan

Teams	Pakistan India
First meeting	16–19 October 1952 (Test) 1 October 1978 (ODI) 14 September 2007 (T20I)
Latest meeting	18 June 2017 2017 ICC Champions Trophy Final The Oval, London
Statistics
Meetings total	Tests:59 ODIs: 129 T20Is: 8
Most wins	Tests: (Pakistan 12; India 9) ODIs: (Pakistan 73; India 52) T20Is: (India 6; Pakistan 1)

The India–Pakistan 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 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. Tickets for the India-Pakistan match in the 2015 World Cup in Australia sold out in 12 minutes after they went on sale.

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

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

Overall

	Test	ODI	T20I
Matches	59	129	8
Won by India	9	52	6
Won by Pakistan	12	73	1
Draw/Tie/No result	38	4	1

ICC tournaments

Tournament	Matches	India	Pakistan	Draw/Tie/No result
World Cup	6	6	0	0
World Twenty20	5	5	0	0+
Champions Trophy	5	2	3	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. ^[16]

Continental tournaments

Tournament	Matches	India	Pakistan	Draw/Tie/No result
Asia Cup ODI	11	5	5	1
Asia Cup Twenty20	1	1	0	-
Asian Test Championship	1	0	1	-

Championship titles

ICC tournaments

Tournament	India	Pakistan
World Cup	2 (1983, 2011)	1 (1992)
World Twenty20	1 (2007)	1 (2009)
Champions Trophy	2 (2002, 2013)	1 (2017)

• Notes:

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

Continental tournaments

Tournament	India	Pakistan
Asia Cup ODI	5	2
Asia Cup Twenty20	1	-
Asian Test Championship	–	1*

• Notes:

* India did not participate in 1986 Asia Cup.

* Pakistan did not participate in 1990–91 Asia Cup.

* India did not participate in 2001–02 Asian Test Championship.

Other tournaments

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

List of Test series

#	Years	Host	First match	Tests	IND	PAK	Drawn/No Result	Winner
1	1952–53	India	000000001952-10-16-000016 October 1952	5	2	1	2	India
2	1954–55	Pakistan	000000001955-01-01-00001 January 1955	5	0	0	5	Drawn
3	1960–61	India	000000001960-12-02-00002 December 1960	5	0	0	5	Drawn
4	1978–79	Pakistan	000000001978-10-16-000016 October 1978	3	0	2	1	Pakistan
5	1979–80	India	000000001979-11-21-000021 November 1979	6	2	0	4	India
6	1982–83	Pakistan	000000001982-12-10-000010 December 1982	6	0	3	3	Pakistan
7	1983–84	India	000000001983-09-14-000014 September 1983	3	0	0	3	Drawn
8	1984–85	Pakistan	000000001984-10-17-000017 October 1984	2	0	0	2	Drawn
9	1986–87	India	000000001987-02-03-00003 February 1987	5	0	1	4	Pakistan
10	1989–90	Pakistan	000000001989-11-15-000015 November 1989	4	0	0	4	Drawn
11	1998–99	India	000000001999-01-28-000028 January 1999	2	1	1	0	Drawn
12	2003–04	Pakistan	000000002004-03-28-000028 March 2004	3	2	1	0	India
13	2004–05	India	000000002005-03-08-00008 March 2005	3	1	1	1	Drawn
14	2005–06	Pakistan	000000002006-01-13-000013 January 2006	3	0	1	2	Pakistan
15	2007–08	India	000000002007-11-22-000022 November 2007	3	1	0	2	India
Total		India: 8 Pakistan: 7		58	09	11	38	Pakistan: 4 India: 4 Draw: 7

List of ODI series

Asia Cup

S. No.	Tournament	Host	ODIs	IND	PAK	Tie/NR	Winner
1	1984 Asia Cup	UAE	1	1	0	0	India
2	1988 Asia Cup	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	India
3	1995 Asia Cup	UAE	1	0	1	0	India
4	1997 Asia Cup	Sri Lanka	1	0	0	1	Sri Lanka
5	2000 Asia Cup	Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
6	2004 Asia Cup	Sri Lanka	1	0	1	0	Sri Lanka
7	2008 Asia Cup	Pakistan	2	1	1	0	Sri Lanka
8	2010 Asia Cup	Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0	India
9	2012 Asia Cup	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	Pakistan
10	2014 Asia Cup	Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	Sri Lanka
Total			11	5	5	1

• Notes:

* India did not participate in 1986 Asia Cup.
* Pakistan did not participate in 1990 Asia Cup.

Bilateral series

#	Years	Host	First match	ODIs	IND	PAK	Tie/No Result	Winner
1	1978–79	Pakistan	000000001978-10-01-00001 October 1978	3	1	2	0	Pakistan
2	1982–83	Pakistan	000000001982-12-03-00003 December 1982	4	1	3	0	Pakistan
3	1983–84	India	000000001983-09-10-000010 September 1983	2	2	0	0	India
4	1984–85	Pakistan	000000001984-10-12-000012 October 1984	2	0	1	1	Pakistan
5	1986–87	India	000000001987-01-27-000027 January 1987	6	1	5	0	Pakistan
6	1989–90	Pakistan	000000001989-12-16-000016 December 1989	3	0	2	1	Pakistan
7	1996	Canada	000000001996-09-16-000016 September 1996	5	2	3	0	Pakistan
8	1997	Canada	000000001997-09-13-000013 September 1997	5	4	1	0	India
9	1997–98	Pakistan	000000001997-09-28-000028 September 1997	3	1	2	0	Pakistan
10	1998	Canada	000000001998-09-12-000012 September 1998	5	1	4	0	Pakistan
11	2003–04	Pakistan	000000002004-03-13-000013 March 2004	5	3	2	0	India
12	2004–05	India	000000002004-11-13-000013 November 2004	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
13	2004–05	India	000000002005-04-02-00002 April 2005	6	2	4	0	Pakistan
14	2005–06	Pakistan	000000002006-02-06-00006 February 2006	5	4	1	0	India
15	2005–06	UAE	000000002006-04-18-000018 April 2006	2	1	1	0	Drawn
16	2007–08	India	000000002007-11-05-00005 November 2007	5	3	2	0	India
17	2012–13	India	000000002012-12-30-000030 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	000000001985-02-17-000017 February 1985	2	2	0	0	India
2	Rothmans Four-Nations Cup 1984–85	UAE	Australia, England	000000001985-03-22-000022 March 1985	1	1	0	0	India
3	Rothmans Sharjah Cup 1985–86	UAE	West Indies	000000001985-11-15-000015 November 1985	1	0	1	0	West Indies
4	Austral-Asia Cup 1985-86	UAE	Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka	000000001986-04-10-000010 April 1986	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
5	Champions Trophy 1986–87	UAE	Sri Lanka, West Indies	000000001986-11-27-000027 November 1986	1	0	1	0	West Indies
6	Sharjah Cup 1986–87	UAE	Australia, England	000000001987-04-02-00002 April 1987	1	0	1	0	England
7	Champions Trophy 1988–89	UAE	West Indies	000000001988-10-16-000016 October 1988	1	0	1	0	West Indies
8	Champions Trophy 1989–90	UAE	West Indies	000000001989-10-13-000013 October 1989	2	0	2	0	Pakistan
9	MRF World Series (Nehru Cup) 1989–90	India	Australia, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies	000000001989-10-15-000015 October 1989	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
10	Austral-Asia Cup 1990	UAE	Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Sri Lanka	000000001990-04-25-000025 April 1990	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
11	Wills Trophy 1991–92	UAE	West Indies	000000001991-10-17-000017 October 1991	3	1	2	0	Pakistan
12	Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup 1993-94	UAE	Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, UAE	000000001994-04-13-000013 April 1994	2	0	2	0	Pakistan
13	Singer World Series 1994	Sri Lanka	Australia, Sri Lanka	000000001994-09-04-00004 September 1994	0†	0	0	0	India
14	Singer Cup 1995–96	Singapore	Sri Lanka	000000001996-04-01-00001 April 1996	1	0	1	0	Pakistan
15	Pepsi Sharjah Cup 1995-96	UAE	South Africa	000000001996-04-12-000012 April 1996	2	1	1	0	South Africa
16	Pepsi Independence Cup 1997	India	New Zealand, Sri Lanka	000000001997-05-09-00009 May 1997	1	0	1	0	Sri Lanka
17	Akai-Singer Champions Trophy 1997–98	UAE	England, West Indies	000000001997-12-11-000011 December 1997	1	0	1	0	England
18	Silver Jubilee Independence Cup 1997–98	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	000000001998-01-10-000010 January 1998	4	3	1	0	India
19	Pepsi Cup 1998–99	India	Sri Lanka	000000001999-03-19-000019 March 1999	3	0	3	0	Pakistan
20	Coca-Cola Cup 1998–99	UAE	England	000000001999-04-07-00007 April 1999	3	1	2	0	Pakistan
21	Carlton & United Series 1999-00	Australia	Australia	000000002000-01-09-00009 January 2000	4	1	3	0	Australia
22	Coca-Cola Cup 1999-00	UAE	South Africa	000000002000-03-22-000022 March 2000	2	1	1	0	Pakistan
23	Videocon Cup 2004	Netherlands	Australia	000000002004-08-21-000021 August 2004	1	0	1	0	Australia
24	Kitply Cup 2008	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	000000002008-06-08-00008 June 2008	2	1	1	0	Pakistan
Total		Others: 21 India: 3			41	12	29	1	Pakistan: 11 India: 4 Others: 9

• Note:

† The match was abandoned.

List of T20I series

ICC World Twenty20

The table only includes those World T20 tournaments where India and Pakistan faced each other

S. No.	Tournament	Host	ODIs	IND	PAK	Tie/NR	Winner
1	2007 ICC World Twenty20	South Africa	2	2	0	0	India
2	2012 ICC World Twenty20	Sri Lanka	1	1	0	0	West Indies
3	2014 ICC World Twenty20	Bangladesh	1	1	0	0	Sri Lanka
4	2016 ICC World Twenty20	India	1	1	0	0	West Indies
Total			5	5	0	0

Bilateral Series

#	Years	Host	First match	Tests	IND	PAK	Drawn/No Result	Winner
1	2012-13	India	000000002012-12-25-000025 December 2012	2	1	1	0	Draw

Test records

Matches Summary

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

Team

Most runs in an innings

Runs	Team	Venue	Season
699–5	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	1989–90
679–7d	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium	2005–06
675–5d	India	Multan Cricket Stadium	2003–04
674–6	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1984–85
652	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	1982–83
Last updated: 30 November 2016[17]

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[18]

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 370 runs	India	Feroz Shah Kotla	1952–53
Innings and 52 runs	India	Multan Cricket Stadium	2003–04
Last updated: 30 November 2016[19]

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[19]

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
Last updated: 30 November 2016[20]

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[21]

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[22]

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[23]

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 Bakht	Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	4 December 1979
8–85	Kapil Dev	Gaddafi Stadium	23 January 1983
Last updated: 30 November 2016[24]

ODI records

Matches Summary

	Matches	In India	In Pakistan	Neutral
Total	129	30	27	72
Won by India	52	11	11	30
Won by Pakistan	73	19	14	40
Tie/NR	4	0	2	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
338–4 (50 overs)	Pakistan	The Oval, London	2017
330–4 (47.5 overs)	India	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium	2011–12
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 19 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
180 runs	Pakistan	The Oval, London	2017
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
Source: Cricinfo.com. Last updated 18 June 2017.

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).^[25]

Individual

Most career runs

Runs	Player	Period
2,474 (66 innings)	Sachin Tendulkar	1989–2012
2,403 (64 innings)	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1992–2006
2,002 (48 innings)	Saeed Anwar	1989–2003
1,899 (55 innings)	Rahul Dravid	1996–2009
1,657 (59 innings)	Mohammad Azharuddin	1985–2000
Last updated: 30 November 2016[26]

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, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	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[27]

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
54	Aaqib Javed	39	24.64
54	Javagal Srinath	36	30.68
Last updated: 30 November 2016[28]

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[29]

T20I records

Matches Summary

	Matches	In India	Neutral
Total	8	3	5
Won by India	6	2	4
Won by Pakistan	1	1	0
Tie/NR	1	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 (17.9 overs)	Pakistan	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	2015–16
128 (19.4 overs)	Pakistan	R. Premadasa Stadium	2012–13
130–7 (20 overs)	Pakistan	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	2013–14
133–9 (20 overs)	India	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	2012–13
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[30]

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[31]

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[32]

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[33]

India vs Pakistan in ICC tournaments

World Cup meetings

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World T20 meetings

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Champions Trophy meetings

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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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to India–Pakistan cricket matches.

• Cricket diplomacy
• India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry

References

External links

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• India vs Pakistan – All World Cup and World T20 match results