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India vs Pakistan ODI Stats: Breaking Down Cricket’s Fiercest Rivalry

Few sporting rivalries match the intensity and passion of India vs Pakistan, and this is especially true in cricket. Since their first encounter in 1978, the two nations have clashed in 135 One Day International (ODI) matches, creating a history filled with memorable moments and fierce competition.

Head-to-head record

As of now, Pakistan holds the edge in the overall head-to-head record, with 73 victories to India’s 57. Five matches have ended with no result. While Pakistan has historically dominated in bilateral series, India boasts a remarkable undefeated record in ODI World Cup matches against Pakistan, winning all eight encounters.

**India vs Pakistan ODI Match Results**
Match No.	Winner	Margin	Match Date	Venue
1	India	Four runs	October 1, 1978	Quetta, Pakistan
2	Pakistan	Eight wickets	October 13, 1978	Sialkot, Pakistan
3	Pakistan	opposition conceded	November 3, 1978	Sahiwal, Pakistan
4	Pakistan	14 runs	December 3, 1982	Gujranwala, Pakistan
5	Pakistan	37 runs	December 17, 1982	Multan, Pakistan
6	India	18 runs	December 31, 1982	Lahore, Pakistan
7	Pakistan	Eight wickets	January 21, 1983	Karachi, Pakistan
8	India	Four wickets	September 10, 1983	Hyderabad, India
9	India	Four wickets	October 2, 1983	Jaipur, India
10	India	54 runs	April 13, 1984	Sharjah, UAE
11	Pakistan	46 runs	October 12, 1984	Quetta, Pakistan
12	No result	–	October 31, 1984	Sialkot, Pakistan
13	India	Six wickets	February 20, 1985	Melbourne, Australia
14	India	Eight wickets	March 10, 1985	Melbourne, Australia
15	India	38 runs	March 22, 1985	Sharjah, UAE
16	Pakistan	48 runs	November 17, 1985	Sharjah, UAE
17	Pakistan	One wicket	April 18, 1986	Sharjah, UAE
18	Pakistan	Three wickets	December 5, 1986	Sharjah, UAE
19	Pakistan	Three wickets	January 27, 1987	Indore, India
20	Pakistan	Two wickets	February 18, 1987	Kolkata, India
21	India	India lost fewer wickets	March 20, 1987	Hyderabad, India
22	Pakistan	Six wickets	March 22, 1987	Pune, India
23	Pakistan	41 runs	March 24, 1987	Nagpur, India
24	Pakistan	Five wickets	March 26, 1987	Jamshedpur, India
25	Pakistan	Eight wickets	April 10, 1987	Sharjah, UAE
26	Pakistan	34 runs	October 19, 1988	Sharjah, UAE
27	India	Four wickets	October 31, 1988	Dhaka, Bangladesh
28	Pakistan	Six wickets	October 15, 1989	Sharjah, UAE
29	Pakistan	38 runs	October 20, 1989	Sharjah, UAE
30	Pakistan	77 runs	October 28, 1989	Kolkata, India
31	Pakistan	Seven runs	December 18, 1989	Gujranwala, Pakistan
32	No result	–	December 20, 1989	Karachi, Pakistan
33	Pakistan	38 runs	December 22, 1989	Lahore, Pakistan
34	Pakistan	26 runs	April 27, 1990	Sharjah, UAE
35	India	60 runs	October 18, 1991	Sharjah, UAE
36	Pakistan	Four runs	October 23, 1991	Sharjah, UAE
37	Pakistan	72 runs	October 25, 1991	Sharjah, UAE
38	India	43 runs	March 4, 1992	Sydney, Australia
39	Pakistan	Six wickets	April 15, 1994	Sharjah, UAE
40	Pakistan	39 runs	April 22, 1994	Sharjah, UAE
41	Pakistan	97 runs	April 7, 1995	Sharjah, UAE
42	India	39 runs	March 9, 1996	Bengaluru, India
43	Pakistan	Eight wickets	April 5, 1996	Singapore
44	Pakistan	38 runs	April 12, 1996	Sharjah, UAE
45	India	28 runs	April 15, 1996	Sharjah, UAE
46	India	Eiight wickets	September 16, 1996	Toronto, Canada
47	Pakistan	Two wickets	September 17, 1996	Toronto, Canada
48	India	55 runs	September 18, 1996	Toronto, Canada
49	Pakistan	97 runs	September 21, 1996	Toronto, Canada
50	Pakistan	52 runs	September 23, 1996	Toronto, Canada
51	Pakistan	35 runs	May 21, 1997	Chennai, India
52	No result	–	July 20, 1997	Colombo, Sri Lanka
53	India	20 runs	September 13, 1997	Toronto, Canada
54	India	Seven wickets	September 14, 1997	Toronto, Canada
55	No result	–	September 17, 1997	Toronto, Canada
56	India	34 runs	September 18, 1997	Toronto, Canada
57	India	Seven wickets	September 20, 1997	Toronto, Canada
58	Pakistan	Five wickets	September 21, 1997	Toronto, Canada
59	Pakistan	Five wickets	September 28, 1997	Hyderabad, Pakistan
60	India	Four wickets	September 30, 1997	Karachi, Pakistan
61	Pakistan	Nine wickets	October 2, 1997	Lahore, Pakistan
62	Pakistan	Four wickets	December 14, 1997	Sharjah, UAE
63	India	18 runs	January 11, 1998	Dhaka, Bangladesh
64	India	Eight wickets	January 14, 1998	Dhaka, Bangladesh
65	Pakistan	Six wickets	January 16, 1998	Dhaka, Bangladesh
66	India	Three wickets	January 18, 1998	Dhaka, Bangladesh
67	India	Six wickets	September 12, 1998	Toronto, Canada
68	Pakistan	51 runs	September 13, 1998	Toronto, Canada
69	Pakistan	77 runs	September 16, 1998	Toronto, Canada
70	Pakistan	134 runs	September 19, 1998	Toronto, Canada
71	Pakistan	Five wickets	September 20, 1998	Toronto, Canada
72	Pakistan	143 runs	March 24, 1999	Jaipur, India
73	Pakistan	Seven wickets	April 1, 1999	Mohali, India
74	Pakistan	123 runs	April 4, 1999	Bengaluru, India
75	Pakistan	116 runs	April 8, 1999	Sharjah, UAE
76	India	Six wickets	April 13, 1999	Sharjah, UAE
77	Pakistan	Eight wickets	April 16, 1999	Sharjah, UAE
78	India	47 runs	June 8, 1999	Manchester, England
79	Pakistan	Two wickets	January 10, 2000	Brisbane, Australia
80	Pakistan	32 runs	January 21, 2000	Hobart, Australia
81	India	48 runs	January 25, 2000	Adelaide, Australia
82	Pakistan	104 runs	January 28, 2000	Perth, Australia
83	India	Five wickets	March 23, 2000	Sharjah, UAE
84	Pakistan	98 runs	March 26, 2000	Sharjah, UAE
85	Pakistan	44 runs	June 3, 2000	Dhaka, Bangladesh
86	India	Six wickets	March 1, 2003	Centurion, South Africa
87	India	Five runs	March 13, 2004	Karachi, Pakistan
88	Pakistan	12 runs	March 16, 2004	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
89	Pakistan	Four wickets	March 19, 2004	Peshawar, Pakistan
90	India	Five wickets	March 21, 2004	Lahore, Pakistan
91	India	40 runs	March 24, 2004	Lahore, Pakistan
92	Pakistan	59 runs	July 25, 2004	Colombo, Sri Lanka
93	Pakistan	66 runs	August 21, 2004	Amstelveen, Netherlands
94	Pakistan	Three wickets	September 19, 2004	Birmingham, England
95	Pakistan	Six wickets	November 13, 2004	Kolkata, India
96	India	87 runs	April 2, 2005	Kochi, India
97	India	58 runs	April 5, 2005	Visakhapatnam, India
98	Pakistan	106 runs	April 9, 2005	Jamshedpur, India
99	Pakistan	Three wickets	April 12, 2005	Ahmedabad, India
100	Pakistan	Five wickets	April 15, 2005	Kanpur, India
101	Pakistan	159 runs	April 17, 2005	Delhi, India
102	Pakistan	Seven runs	February 6, 2006	Peshawar, Pakistan
103	India	Seven wickets	February 11, 2006	Rawalpindi, Pakistan
104	India	Five wickets	February 13, 2006	Lahore, Pakistan
105	India	Five wickets	February 16, 2006	Multan, Pakistan
106	India	Eight wickets	February 19, 2006	Karachi, Pakistan
107	Pakistan	Six wickets	April 18, 2006	Abu Dhabi, UAE
108	India	51 runs	April 19, 2006	Abu Dhabi, UAE
109	India	Five wickets	November 5, 2007	Guwahati, India
110	Pakistan	Four wickets	November 8, 2007	Mohali, India
111	India	46 runs	November 11, 2007	Kanpur, India
112	India	Six wickets	November 15, 2007	Gwalior, India
113	Pakistan	31 runs	November 18, 2007	Jaipur, India
114	India	140 runs	June 10, 2008	Mirpur, Bangladesh
115	Pakistan	25 runs	June 14, 2008	Mirpur, Bangladesh
116	India	Six wickets	June 26, 2008	Karachi, Pakistan
117	Pakistan	Eight wickets	July 2, 2008	Karachi, Pakistan
118	Pakistan	54 runs	September 26, 2009	Centurion, South Africa
119	India	Thee wickets	June 19, 2010	Dambulla, Sri Lanka
120	India	29 runs	March 30, 2011	Mohali, India
121	India	Six wickets	March 18, 2012	Mirpur, Bangladesh
122	Pakistan	Six wickets	December 30, 2012	Chennai, India
123	Pakistan	85 runs	January 3, 2013	Kolkata, India
124	India	10 runs	January 6, 2013	Delhi, India
125	India	Eight wickets	June 15, 2013	Birmingham, England
126	Pakistan	One wicket	March 2, 2014	Mirpur, Bangladesh
127	India	76 runs	February 15, 2015	Adelaide, Australia
128	India	124 runs	June 4, 2017	Birmingham, England
129	Pakistan	180 runs	June 18, 2017	The Oval, England
130	India	Eight wickets	September 19, 2018	Dubai, UAE
131	India	Nine wickets	September 23, 2018	Dubai, UAE
132	India	89 runs	June 16, 2019	Manchester, England
133	No result	–	September 2, 2023	Pallekele, Sri Lanka
134	India	228 runs	Sep 10-11, 2023	Colombo, Sri Lanka
135	India	Seven wickets	October 14, 2023	Ahmedabad, India

Early encounters

Their inaugural ODI match took place in Quetta on October 1, 1978, as part of India’s tour of Pakistan. In a 40-over-a-side match, India secured a narrow 4-run victory, with Mohinder Amarnath earning the Player of the Match award. However, Pakistan quickly leveled the series, winning the second match by eight wickets. The series concluded controversially, with India forfeiting the final match in protest of Pakistan’s short-pitched bowling strategy. Pakistan won the first bilateral ODI series 2-1.

Bilateral series

Out of the 17 bilateral ODI series played between India and Pakistan, Pakistan has won 11, while India has won 5. One series, held in the UAE in 2006, ended in a 1-1 draw. It’s worth noting that the two teams have not engaged in an ODI bilateral series since 2013.

ICC tournaments

Beyond the World Cup, the two sides have also met in the ICC Champions Trophy, where Pakistan holds a 3-2 advantage. These matches in major ICC tournaments add another layer of excitement and significance to the rivalry.

Tournament	Matches played	India won	Pakistan won	No result
ODI World Cup	8	8	0	0
Champions TRophy	5	2	3	0

Memorable tie

One notable match occurred on March 20, 1987, in Hyderabad, India. Both teams scored 212 runs, but India won due to losing fewer wickets.

A rivalry beyond numbers

The India vs Pakistan cricket rivalry is more than just statistics. It’s a clash of cultures, a battle of national pride, and a source of immense emotion for fans worldwide. While Pakistan may have the upper hand in overall ODI head-to-head record, India’s dominance in the World Cup and the unpredictable nature of their encounters ensure that this rivalry will continue to captivate audiences for generations to come.