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. 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.

Olympics
India and Pakistan first participated in the 1900 and 1948 Olympic Games respectively.

As of 2020 Summer Olympics, Pakistan hasn't won a medal since 1992.
 * Bold indicates most wins

Asian Games
India and Pakistan first participated in the 1951 and 1954 Asian Games respectively.

India hosted 1951 and 1982 Asian Games.

As of 2022 Asian Games
 * Bold indicates most wins

Commonwealth Games


The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games, 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.

As of 2022 Commonwealth Games
 * Bold indicates most wins

South Asian Games
India 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, 2024).

As of 2019 South Asian Games


 * 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.

Men's matches
As of 21 June 2023
 * Bold indicates most wins

Most Goals

🇮🇳 India: 41 Goals

🇵🇰 Pakistan: 18 Goals India 4–0 Pakistan (2023 SAFF Championship, 21 June 2023)
 * The Largest victory between this two nations is favour to India.

Women's matches
As of 7 September 2022
 * Bold indicates most wins

Most Goals

🇮🇳 India: 17 Goals

🇵🇰 Pakistan: 0 Goals India 8–0 Pakistan (2010 SAFF Women's Championship, 20 December 2010)
 * The Largest victory between this two nations is favour to India.

Athletics
As of March 2023, India and Pakistan faced in several athletic events at both continent level and international level.

Asian Race Walking Championships

 * Bold indicates most wins

Badminton
As of 2022, Pakistan is yet to win any medal in major tournaments.

Asian Badminton Team Championships

 * Bold indicates most wins

Chess
As of 2023, Pakistan is yet to win any medal in major tournaments.

Asian Team Championships

 * Bold indicates most wins

Men's cricket
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.

Men's field hockey


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.

Summary of overall results
India 10–2 Pakistan (Asian Games, 30 Sep 2023)
 * The Largest victory between this two nations is favour to India.

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.

Women's field hockey
Indian women hockey are much ahead when it comes to winning major tournaments. Pakistani women's team has been weaker competitively and is yet to win a medal in major tournament.

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

Women's

Wrestling
India and Pakistan are big wrestling nations and they played against each other in several International tournaments.

As of 2020 Olympics

Summer Olympics
As of 2020 Olympics

World Wrestling Championships
As of 2018 Asian Games

Asian Games
As of 2023 Asian Wrestling Championships

Asian Wrestling Championships
As of 2022 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

 * Bold indicates most wins