Cricket World Cup 2015 Pakistan Fixtures

The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world. An India-Pakistan cricket match has been estimated to attract up to three hundred million television viewers, according to TV ratings firm Initiative. The 2011 World Cup semifinal between the two teams attracted around 150 million television viewers, the largest television event of the year.

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. 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.

Teams involved	India Pakistan
First contested	16–19 October 1952 (Test) 1 October 1978 (ODI) 14 September 2007 (T20I)
Number of meetings	Tests: 59 ODIs: 126 T20Is: 6
Most wins	Tests: Pakistan (12) ODIs: Pakistan (72) T20Is: India (5)
Most recent meeting	2014 ICC World Twenty20 India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets with 9 balls remaining 21 March 2014 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka

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Most Recent Series

Matches

1st ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence - Jul 14, 2013

Pakistan 224/9 (50/50 ov); West Indies 98 (41/50 ov)

Pakistan won by 126 runs

2nd ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Providence - Jul 16, 2013

West Indies 232/8 (50/50 ov); Pakistan 195 (47.5/50 ov)

West Indies won by 37 runs

3rd ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - Jul 19, 2013

Pakistan 229/6 (50/50 ov); West Indies 229/9 (50/50 ov)
Match Tied

4th ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - Jul 21, 2013

West Indies 261/7 (49/49 ov); Pakistan 189/4 (30/31 ov, target: 189)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) (D/L method)

5th ODI: West Indies v Pakistan at Gros Islet - Jul 24, 2013

West Indies 242/7 (50/50 ov); Pakistan 243/6 (49.5/50 ov)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

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Most Recent Series

Matches

1st ODI: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare - Aug 27, 2013

Pakistan 244/7 (50/50 ov); Zimbabwe 246/3 (48.2/50 ov)

Zimbabwe won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

2nd ODI: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare - Aug 29, 2013

Pakistan 299/4 (50/50 ov); Zimbabwe 209 (42.4/50 ov)

Pakistan won by 90 runs

3rd ODI: Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Harare - Aug 31, 2013

Pakistan 260/6 (50/50 ov); Zimbabwe 152 (40/50 ov)

Pakistan won by 108 runs

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Most Recent Series

Matches

1st ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town - Nov 24, 2013

Pakistan 218/9 (50/50 ov); South Africa 195 (48.1/50 ov)

Pakistan won by 23 runs

2nd ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Port Elizabeth - Nov 27, 2013

Pakistan 262 (45/45 ov); South Africa 261/6 (45/45 ov)

Pakistan won by 1 run

3rd ODI: South Africa v Pakistan at Centurion - Nov 30, 2013

Pakistan 179 (46.5/50 ov); South Africa 181/6 (38.4/50 ov)

South Africa won by 4 wickets (with 68 balls remaining)

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Most Recent Series

Matches

1st ODI: Ireland v Pakistan at Dublin - May 23, 2013

Pakistan 266/5 (47/47 ov); Ireland 275/5 (47/47 ov, target: 276)

Match tied (D/L method)

2nd ODI: Ireland v Pakistan at Dublin - May 26, 2013

Ireland 229/9 (50/50 ov); Pakistan 230/8 (48.4/50 ov)

Pakistan won by 2 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)

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