India and Pakistan are frequent rivals across a variety of sports, with matches between the two countries considered to be one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world, especially in 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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Olympics
editIndia and Pakistan first participated at the 1900 and 1948 Olympic Games respectively.[3][4][5] India has outranked Pakistan in all editions of the Olympic Games, except on seven occasions (1960, 1968, 1972, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 2024), when Pakistan finished higher in the medal tally.[6]
As of 2024 Paris Olympic Games
 India |
 Pakistan | |
| Medal Ranking | 60th | 78th |
| Gold | 10 | 4 |
| Silver | 10 | 3 |
| Bronze | 21 | 4 |
| Total | 41 | 11 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Asian Games
editIndia and Pakistan first participated in the 1951 and 1954 Asian Games respectively.
India hosted 1951 and 1982 Asian Games.[7][8][9][10]
As of 2022 Asian Games
| India |
Pakistan | |
| Medal Ranking | 5th | 18th |
| Gold | 183 | 44 |
| Silver | 239 | 64 |
| Bronze | 357 | 99 |
| Total | 779 | 207 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Commonwealth Games
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The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games,[11] 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.[12][13][14][15]
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
South Asian Games
editIndia and Pakistan participated all the editions of South Asian Games. India hosted the multi-sport event 3 times (1987, 1995, 2016) and Pakistan also hosted this event 3 times (1989, 2004, 2025).[16][17][18][19]
As of 2019 South Asian Games
| India |
Pakistan | |
| Medal Ranking | 1st | 2nd |
| Gold | 1263 | 297 |
| Silver | 736 | 421 |
| Bronze | 379 | 432 |
| Total | 2378 | 1150 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Association football
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Pakistan and India national football teams rivalry often attract sizeable crowds.[20][21][22] The two teams first met at the 1952 Colombo Cup, which ended in a goalless draw and both teams crowned champions of the tournament. India first won at the consequent 1953 Colombo Cup with a 1–0 win, with Neville D'Souza scoring a goal. Pakistan men’s football team recorded its first official win over India at the 1960 AFC Asian Cup qualification in 1959, with Abdullah Rahi netting the winner.[23] In addition, both teams have faced each other two times in unofficial exhibition matches after the finalisation of the 1953 and 1955 Colombo Cup editions, with Pakistan winning both times by 1–0.[24]
Summary of Overall Results
editMen's matches
editAs of 21 June 2023[A]
| Total | In India | In Pakistan | Neutral Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| India Won |
16 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Pakistan Won |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Draws | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Most Goals
India: 42 Goals
Pakistan: 19 Goals
- The Largest victory between this two nations is favour to India.
India 4–0 Pakistan[26] (2023 SAFF Championship, 21 June 2023)
Women's matches
editAs of 7 September 2022
| Total | In India | In Pakistan | Neutral Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| India Won |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pakistan Won |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Most Goals
India: 22 Goals
Pakistan: 2 Goals
- The Largest victory between this two nations is favour to India.
India 8–0 Pakistan[27][28] (2010 SAFF Women's Championship, 20 December 2010)
Athletics
editAs of August 2024, India and Pakistan faced in several athletic events at both continent level and international level.
Summer Olympics
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 1 |
| Silver | 3 | 0 |
| Bronze | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 1 |
World Athletic Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 1 |
| Bronze | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 1 |
Asian Athletic Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 94 | 2 |
| Silver | 120 | 3 |
| Bronze | 140 | 3 |
| Total | 354 | 8 |
Asian Indoor Athletic Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 13 | 0 |
| Silver | 30 | 1 |
| Bronze | 21 | 1 |
| Total | 64 | 2 |
Asian Marathon Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 2 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 |
Asian Cross Country Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 7 | 0 |
| Silver | 15 | 1 |
| Bronze | 13 | 1 |
| Total | 35 | 2 |
Asian Race Walking Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 2 | 0 |
| Silver | 2 | 0 |
| Bronze | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Badminton
editAs of 2022, Pakistan is yet to win any medal in major tournaments.
World Championship matches
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 4 | 0 |
| Bronze | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 0 |
Thomas & Uber Cup
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 |
Asian Badminton Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 2 | 0 |
| Silver | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 16 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 0 |
Asian Badminton Team Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Chess
editAs of 2023, Pakistan is yet to win any medal in major tournaments.[29]
World Championship matches
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 0 |
| Bronze | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 |
International Chess Olympiad
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Asian Team Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 3 | 0 |
| Silver | 11 | 0 |
| Bronze | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 0 |
- Bold indicates most wins
Men's 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.[30]
Head to Head in ICC tournaments
edit| Tournament | Matches played | India won |
Pakistan won |
Draw/Tie/No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 World Cup | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Champions Trophy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 |
Head to Head in ACC Tournaments
edit| Tournament | Matches played | India won |
Pakistan won |
Draw/Tie/No result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Cup (ODI) | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2[B] |
| Asia Cup (Twenty20) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Asian Test Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
Overall Summary of results
edit| Format | Matches played | India won |
Pakistan won |
Draw/Tie/No Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 59 | 9 | 12 | 38 | [C] |
| ODI | 135 | 57 | 73 | 5 | [D] |
| T20I | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 207 | 75 | 88 | 44 |
Women's cricket
editHead to Head in ICC Tournaments
edit| Tournament | Matches played | India Women won |
Pakistan Women won |
Draw/Tie/No Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's World Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Women's T20 World Cup | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
Head to Head in ACC Tournaments
edit| Tournament | Matches played | India Women won |
Pakistan Women won |
Draw/Tie/No Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Asia Cup (ODI) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Women's Asia Cup (Twenty20) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Overall Summary of results
edit| Format | Matches played | India Women won |
Pakistan Women won |
Draw/Tie/No Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| T20I | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
Men's field hockey
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The rivalry is among the most intense sports rivalries in the Asia and the world in the sport of field hockey. They participate in World Cup, FIH Pro League, Summer Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asia Cup, Men's Asian Champions Trophy, Asian Games, South Asian Games and Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.
Head to Head in Tournaments
editSource:[33]
| 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 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 31 | |
| Asia Cup | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 20 | |
| Asian Hockey Champions Trophy | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 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 | 180 | 66 | 82 | 32 | 377 | 402 | |
Summary of overall results
editSource:[34]
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 |
| Total | 181 | 67 | 82 | 32 | 379 | 403 |
- The Largest victory between this two nations is favour to India.
India 10–2 Pakistan[35] (Asian Games, 30 Sep 2023)
Hockey5s
edit| Year | Matches | Results | Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India won
|
Pakistan won
|
Draw | India
|
Pakistan
| ||
| 2020s | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
Women's field hockey
editIndian women hockey are much ahead when it comes to winning major tournaments.[36] Pakistani women's team has been weaker competitively and is yet to win a medal in major tournament.
Indian Women
edit| 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
edit| Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kabbadi
editIt 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.[37]
Men's
| Tournament | India |
Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Kabaddi World Cup (Standard style) | 3 | 0 |
| Kabaddi World Cup (Circle style) | 6 | 1 |
| Asian Games | 8 | 0 |
| Asian Kabaddi Championship | 8 | 0 |
| Asia Kabaddi Cup (Circle style) | 1 | 2 |
| South Asian Games | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 4 |
Women's
| Tournament | India |
Pakistan |
|---|---|---|
| Women Kabaddi World Cup | 4 | 0 |
| Asian Kabaddi Championship | 4 | 0 |
| Asian Games | 3 | 0 |
| South Asian Games | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 15 | 0 |
Squash
editWorld Squash Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 14 |
| Silver | 0 | 9 |
| Bronze | 0 | 14 |
| Total | 0 | 37 |
British Open Squash Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 30 |
| Silver | 0 | 25 |
| Bronze | - | - |
| Total | 0 | 55 |
WSF World Team Squash Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 6 |
| Silver | 0 | 4 |
| Bronze | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 11 |
PSA Squash Tour Finals
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 4 |
| Silver | 0 | 0 |
| Bronze | - | - |
| Total | 0 | 4 |
Tournament of Champions (squash)
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 22 |
| Silver | 0 | 8 |
| Bronze | - | - |
| Total | 0 | 30 |
United States Open
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 29 |
| Silver | 0 | 19 |
| Bronze | - | - |
| Total | 0 | 48 |
Hong Kong Open
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 8 |
| Silver | 0 | 1 |
| Bronze | - | - |
| Total | 0 | 9 |
Windy City Open
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 2 | 0 |
| Silver | 1 | 1 |
| Bronze | - | - |
| Total | 3 | 1 |
Squash at the Commonwealth Games
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 2 | 0 |
| Bronze | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 |
Squash at the Asian Games
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 3 | 2 |
| Silver | 4 | 4 |
| Bronze | 11 | 3 |
| Total | 18 | 9 |
Wrestling
editIndia and Pakistan are big wrestling nations and they played against each other in several International tournaments.[38]
As of 2024 Olympics
Summer Olympics
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 0 | 0 |
| Silver | 2 | 0 |
| Bronze | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 1 |
World Wrestling Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 1 | 0 |
| Silver | 5 | 0 |
| Bronze | 16 | 2 |
| Total | 22 | 2 |
As of 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 11 | 6 |
| Silver | 15 | 14 |
| Bronze | 39 | 14 |
| Total | 65 | 34 |
As of 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships
Asian Wrestling Championships
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 25 | 1 |
| Silver | 78 | 9 |
| Bronze | 132 | 8 |
| Total | 235 | 18 |
As of 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
edit| India |
Pakistan | |
| Gold | 49 | 21 |
| Silver | 39 | 14 |
| Bronze | 26 | 11 |
| Total | 114 | 46 |
- Bold indicates most wins
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Exclude the two unofficial exhibition matches after the finalisation of the 1953 and 1955 Colombo Cup editions, with Pakistan winning both times by 1–0.[25] Match at the Afghanistan Republic Day Festival Cup on 21 July 1976 is considered as full A international by some RSSSF sources.[1]
- ^ 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.[31][32]
- ^ 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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