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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 drawn series, with neither team being able to win a single Test match. Complaints about the fairness of umpires became routine.
India's first Test series as an independent country was against Australia. [3] They secured their first Test win against England in 1952 at Madras Cricket Club Ground. [4] [A] As of January 31, 2025, India have played 589 Test matches; they have won 181 matches, lost 184 matches, and 223 matches were drawn with one being tied. [5]
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 ...
[4] The next tie, involving India and Pakistan, happened during the group stages of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. India won the resulting bowl-out, and were awarded two points, the equivalent of a win. [6] In October 2008, the tie between Canada and Zimbabwe was the final international match to be decided by a bowl-out; Zimbabwe won 3–1.
India won their final group game, a must-win encounter against South Africa, comfortably by 8 wickets. [20] They finished on top of Group B with two wins and a net run rate ahead of Pakistan. In the semi-final, India faced Bangladesh, and put in yet another dominating display, winning comfortably by 9 wickets and sealing a final with Pakistan. [21]
Pakistan first competed in international cricket in 1952, when they played against India in a four-day Test match; India won the match by an innings and 70 runs at the Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi. [2] [3] In the same series, Pakistan recorded their first Test win, the second match by an innings and 43 runs at the University Ground, Lucknow.
Pakistan's narrowest win by runs was against India in the first Test of the 1998–99 series at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Chennai. Set 271 runs for victory in the final innings, India were bowled all out for 258 to give victory to Pakistan by twelve runs. [46] This was the twelfth-narrowest win in the history of Test cricket. [c]
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. The match was reduced before play started to 33 overs per side. When play was halted India needed to have scored 176 runs to win. Pakistan were 175/2 after 27 overs. Shahid Mahboob (PAK) made his ODI debut.