India–Pakistan sports rivalries
The India–Pakistan rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world. Any sport involving these two sides, form one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world, especially cricket.[1] The tense relations between the two nations which emerged from bitter diplomatic relationships and conflict that originated during the Partition of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947, the Indo-Pakistani Wars, and the Kashmir conflict established the foundations for the emergence of an intense sporting rivalry between the two nations.[2]
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Asian Games
India and Pakistan first participated in the 1951 and 1954 Asian Games respectively. India hosted 1951 and 1982 Asian Games.[3][4][5][6]
As of 2018 Asian Games
India |
Pakistan | |
| Medal Ranking | 5th | 14th |
| Gold | 155 | 44 |
| Silver | 201 | 63 |
| Bronze | 316 | 97 |
| Total | 672 | 204 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Association Football
India faced Pakistan for the first time at the international stage in the last game of the 1952 Colombo Cup, the both sides settled for a goalless draw and emerged as joint winners of the tournament after finishing first and second respectively.[7]
Men's matches
As of 2 April 2022
| Total | In India | In Pakistan | Neutral Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 |
India Won | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
Pakistan Won | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Draws | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Most Goals
India: 37 Goals
Pakistan: 18 Goals
Women's matches
As of 8 September 2022
| Total | In India | In Pakistan | Neutral Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
India Won | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Pakistan Won | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Most Goals
India : 17 Goals
Pakistan: 0 Goal
Athletics
As of March 2023, India and Pakistan faced in several athletic events at both continent level and international level.
World Athletic Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
Asian Athletic Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 88 | 2 |
| Silver | 108 | 3 |
| Bronze | 131 | 2 |
| Total | 327 | 7 |
Asian Indoor Athletic Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 13 | 0 |
| Silver | 30 | 1 |
| Bronze | 21 | 1 |
| Total | 64 | 2 |
Asian Marathon Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 2 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
Asian Cross Country Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 3 | 0 |
| Silver | 14 | 1 |
| Bronze | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 27 | 2 |
Asian Race Walking Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 2 | 0 |
| Silver | 2 | 0 |
| Bronze | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Badminton
As of 2022, Pakistan is yet to win any medal in major tournaments, but has produced good badminton players.
World Championship matches
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 4 | 0 |
| Bronze | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 |
Thomas & Uber Cup
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
Asian Badminton Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 16 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 |
Asian Badminton Team Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Chess
As of 2023, Pakistan is yet to win any medal in major tournaments, but has produced good chess players.
World Championship matches
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
International Chess Olympiad
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Asian Team Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 3 | 0 |
| Silver | 11 | 0 |
| Bronze | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Commonwealth Games
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The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games,[8] are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. India and Pakistan participated their first commonwealth games in 1934 and 1954 respectively. India hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.[9][10][11][12]
As of 2022 Commonwealth Games
India |
Pakistan | |
| Medal Ranking | 4th | 15th |
| Gold | 203 | 27 |
| Silver | 190 | 27 |
| Bronze | 171 | 28 |
| Total | 564 | 82 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Cricket
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The two sides first played in 1952, when Pakistan toured India. Test and, later, limited overs series have been played ever since, 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 between 1962 and 1977 due to two major wars in 1965 and 1971 and the 1999 Kargil War and the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks have also interrupted cricketing ties between the two nations.[13]
Head to Head in ICC tournament
| Tournament | Matches played | India won |
Pakistan won |
Draw/Tie/No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 World Cup | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Champions Trophy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
Head to Head in ACC Tournament
| Tournament | Matches played | India won |
Pakistan won |
Draw/Tie/No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Cup ODI | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1[upper-alpha 1] |
| Asia Cup Twenty20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Asian Test Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
Overall Summary of results
| Format | Matches played | India won |
Pakistan won |
Draw/Tie/No Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 59 | 9 | 12 | 38 | [upper-alpha 2] |
| ODI | 132 | 55 | 73 | 4 | [upper-alpha 3] |
| T20I | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 203 | 72 | 88 | 43 |
Women's Cricket head-to-head in cricket
World Cup Head to Head
| Format | Matches played | India Women won |
Pakistan Women won |
Draw/Tie/No Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| T20I | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Overall Summary
| Format | Matches played | India Women won |
Pakistan Women won |
Draw/Tie/No Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| T20I | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 22 | 3 | 0 |
Hockey
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The rivilary is among the most intense sports rivalries in the Asia and the world in the sport of field hockey. They participate in Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Asia Cup, Champions Trophy, Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games.
Head to Head in Tournaments
| Tournament | Matches | Results | Goals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India |
Pakistan |
Draw | India |
Pakistan | |||
| Test series | 52 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 104 | 124 | |
| Summer Olympics | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| World Cup | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | |
| Champions Trophy | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 54 | |
| Asian Games | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 29 | |
| Asia Cup | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 20 | |
| Asian Hockey Champions Trophy | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 22 | |
| Commonwealth Games | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | |
| FIH Hockey World League | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
| Afro-Asian Games | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Other Matches (Continent wise) | |||||||
| Africa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Americas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Asia | 34 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 65 | 67 | |
| Europe | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 33 | |
| Oceania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | |
| Total | 178 | 64 | 82 | 32 | 363 | 400 | |
Summary of overall results
| Year | Matches | Results | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India won |
Pakistan won |
Draw | India |
Pakistan | ||
| 1950s | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960s | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1970s | 13 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 27 |
| 1980s | 46 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 79 | 111 |
| 1990s | 26 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 52 | 62 |
| 2000s | 47 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 108 | 128 |
| 2010s | 35 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 102 | 62 |
| 2020s | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Total | 178 | 64 | 82 | 32 | 363 | 400 |
FIH Pro League appearances
As of April 2023, India has qualified for FIH pro league and had 3 total appearances. Pakistan were suspended on 23 January 2019 after they could not play their first three games and were disqualified in 2019 and they were unable to qualify in the recent years.[16]
Women's Hockey
Indian women hockey are much ahead when it comes to winning major tournaments, Pakistani women's team is a strong team and yet to win a medal in major tournament.
Indian Women
| Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nations Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Asian Games | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Commonwealth Games | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Asia Cup | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Asian Champions Trophy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Champions Challenge | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Afro-Asian Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hockey Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Asian Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
Pakistan Women
| Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kabbadi
It is popular in the Indian subcontinent and other surrounding Asian countries. Although accounts of kabaddi appear in the histories of ancient India, the game was popularised as a competitive sport in the 20th century.
Men's
| Tournament | India |
Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style) | 3 | 0 |
| Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) | 6 | 1 |
| Asian Games | 7 | 0 |
| Asian Kabaddi Championship | 7 | 0 |
| Asia Kabaddi Cup (Circle style) | 1 | 2 |
| South Asian Games | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 4 |
Women's
| Tournament | India |
Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Women Kabaddi World Cup | 4 | 0 |
| Asian Games | 2 | 0 |
| South Asian Games | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 |
Olympics
India and Pakistan first participated in the 1900 and 1948 Olympic Games respectively.[17][18][19]
As of 2020 Summer Olympics, Pakistan hasn't won a medal since 1992.
India |
Pakistan | |
| Medal Ranking | 58th | 80th |
| Gold | 10 | 3 |
| Silver | 9 | 3 |
| Bronze | 16 | 4 |
| Total | 35 | 10 |
- Bold indicates most wins
South Asian Games
As of 2019 South Asian Games, India and Pakistan are ranked 1st and 2nd in total medal tally.
India |
Pakistan | |
| Medal Ranking | 1st | 2nd |
| Gold | 1263 | 297 |
| Silver | 736 | 421 |
| Bronze | 379 | 432 |
| Total | 2378 | 1150 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Wrestling
India and Pakistan are big wrestling nations and they played against each other in several International tournaments.
As of 2020 Olympics
World Wrestling Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 5 | 0 |
| Bronze | 16 | 2 |
| Total | 22 | 2 |
As of 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 11 | 6 |
| Silver | 14 | 14 |
| Bronze | 34 | 14 |
| Total | 59 | 34 |
Asian Wrestling Championships
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 25 | 1 |
| Silver | 78 | 9 |
| Bronze | 132 | 8 |
| Total | 235 | 18 |
As of 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 49 | 21 |
| Silver | 39 | 14 |
| Bronze | 26 | 11 |
| Total | 114 | 46 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Notes
- The 1987 Asia Cup match was abandoned after nine overs due to bad light and rain. It was due to be replayed the following day but this match was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.[14][15]
- One Test match between the two sides was cancelled following the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984.
- In addition, four matches between the two sides have been abandoned without a ball being bowled and one match in 1984 was cancelled following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
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