The India and Pakistan cricket rivalry is world famous for its intensity. The matches between these two teams are considered as the biggest matches and are most-viewed.
Two teams faced each other in 1952 for the first time. Since then a number of test, ODI and T20 series have been played. However, a lot of cricket series have been cancelled due to political tensions. From 1962 to 1977 no cricket matches were played between India and Pakistan due to wars of 1965 and 1971. Further, 1999 kargil war and Mumbai terror attack in 2008 also lead to cancellation of a lot of series.
Pakistan has won 5 International Cricket Council tournaments while India has won 12 tournaments. India has won 7 ICC trophies including 2 Cricket World Cup, 2 T20 World Cup, and 3 Champions Trophy. Pakistan has won 3 ICC trophies including 1 Cricket World Cup, 1 T20 World Cup, and 1 Champions Trophy. In ICC World Cups India has dominated Pakistan. India won 14 out 15 matches.
Results
Till March, 2025 India and Pakistan have faced off each other 208 times in matches of all formats. Pakistan won 88 matches and India won 76 matches. Pakistan has dominated India in the test format. However, India has won 9 matches in the T20 format from a total of 13 matches.
| Format | Matches played | India won | Pakistan won | Draw/Tie/No Result |
| Test | 59 | 9 | 12 | 38 |
| ODI | 136 | 58 | 73 | 5 |
| T20I | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 208 | 76 | 88 | 44 |
According to latest statistics as in 2025- India & Pakistan Performance at Major ICC Events
| Titles | India | Pakistan |
| ICC World Cup | 2 | 1 |
| ICC T20 World Cup | 2 | 1 |
| ICC Champions Trophy | 3 | 1 |
| ICC World Test Championship | 0 | 0 |
| Asia Cup | 8 | 2 |
| Asian Games | 1 | 0 |
| Total titles | 16 | 5 |
ICC matches Between India and Pakistan Timeline
Since 1992, India and Pakistan have faced each other 8 times in ICC Cricket World Cup. Pakistan couldn’t win even a single match against India in this international cricket event. India beat Pakistan in the 2011 Cricket World Cup in the semi-finals. In 2023, India and Pakistan again met in the ICC World Cup at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match India won by 7 wickets.
India has dominated Pakistan in the T20 world cup also. In 2007, India defeated Pakistan in the finals and won the World Cup. Pakistan won against India for the first time in a 2021 T20 World Cup match.
Pakistan and India met 6 times in the Champions Trophy and each team has won 3 matches against each other.
| Head to Head results in ICC Tournaments- India & Pakistan National Cricket Team Timeline | ||||
| Tournament | Matches played | India won | Pakistan won | Draw/Tie/No result |
| World Cup | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 World Cup | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Champions Trophy | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| World Test Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 |
ACC matches
The two teams have met 19 times in the Asia Cup. Of these India has won 10 matches and Pakistan won 7 matches while 2 matches resulted in no result.
| Head to Head results in Asia Cup | ||||
| Tournament | Matches played | India won | Pakistan won | Draw/Tie/No result |
| Asia Cup ODI | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Asia Cup Twenty20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Asian Test Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
ICC tournaments won
| 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 | 7 | 3 |
ICC ODI World Cup Matches Between Indian & Pakistan
| 1992 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia | India won by 43 runs | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 1996 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India | India won by 39 runs | Navjot Sidhu |
| 1999 | Old Trafford, Manchester, England | India won by 47 runs | Venkatesh Prasad |
| 2003 | Centurion Park, Centurion, South Africa | India won by 6 wickets | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 2011 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India | India won by 29 runs | Sachin Tendulkar |
| 2015 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia | India won by 76 runs | Virat Kohli |
| 2019 | Old Trafford, Manchester, England | India won by 89 runs (DLS) | Rohit Sharma |
| 2023 | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India | India won by 7 wickets | Jasprit Bumrah |
ICC Men’s T20 World Cups Between India & Pakistan
| 2007 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa | India won bowl-out | Mohammad Asif |
| Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa | India won by 5 runs | Irfan Pathan | |
| 2012 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | India won by 8 wickets | Virat Kohli |
| 2014 | Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh | India won by 7 wickets | Amit Mishra |
| 2016 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India | India won by 6 wickets | Virat Kohli |
| 2021 | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, UAE | Pakistan won by 10 wickets | Shaheen Afridi |
| 2022 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia | India won by 4 wickets | Virat Kohli |
| 2024 | Nassau County Stadium, East Meadow, USA | India won by 6 runs | Jasprit Bumrah |
ICC Champions Trophy Matches Between India and Pakistan
| Year | Venue | Result | Player of the match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Rose Bowl, Southampton, England | Pakistan won by 3 wickets | Mohammad Yousuf |
| 2009 | SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa | Pakistan won by 54 runs | Shoaib Malik |
| 2013 | Edgbaston, Birmingham, England | India won by 8 wickets | Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| 2017 | India won by 124 runs | Yuvraj Singh | |
| The Oval, London, England | Pakistan won by 180 runs | Fakhar Zaman | |
| 2025 | Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, UAE | India won by 6 wickets | Virat Kohli |
List of Test series Between India and Pakistan
Total 15 test series have been played between these two teams and also a one-off Test in 1999. Pakistan has won more test matches than India.
| Season | Date first Test started | Tests | India won | Pakistan won | Drawn | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952–53 | 16 October 1952 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | India |
| 1954–55 | 1 January 1955 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Drawn |
| 1960–61 | 2 December 1960 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Drawn |
| 1978–79 | 16 October 1978 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Pakistan |
| 1979–80 | 21 November 1979 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | India |
| 1982–83 | 10 December 1982 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Pakistan |
| 1983–84 | 14 September 1983 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Drawn |
| 1984–85 | 17 October 1984 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Drawn |
| 1986–87 | 3 February 1987 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Pakistan |
| 1989–90 | 15 November 1989 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Drawn |
| 1998–99 | 28 January 1999 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Drawn |
| 2003–04 | 28 March 2004 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | India |
| 2004–05 | 8 March 2005 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Drawn |
| 2005–06 | 13 January 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Pakistan |
| 2007–08 | 22 November 2007 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | India |
| Total | 58 | 9 | 11 | 38 |
List of ODI series- Overall ODI match results-
16 ODI series have been played between India and Pakistan. India hosted 5 of these and Pakistan hosted 7 series.
| Decade | Matches | Result | ||
| India | Pakistan | No result | ||
| 1970s | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980s | 32 | 9 | 19 | 4 |
| 1990s | 46 | 17 | 26 | 3 |
| 2000s | 41 | 18 | 22 | 1 |
| 2010s | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020s | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 140 | 58 | 73 | 9 |
List of T20I series Overall T20I match results
| Decade | Matches | Result | ||
| India | Pakistan | Tie/No result | ||
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010s | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020s | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
Conclusion-
India and Pakistan cricket rivalry is loved to watch by every cricket lover. All the matches have given thrilling performances
