For some years, the India and Pakistani cricket teams played each other in non-Test-playing nations such as Canada or the United Arab Emirates, where they would be unlikely to receive a large audience. On occasion, they threatened to boycott matches against each other arising from World Cup draws.
In this prevailing context, cricket assumes a much larger significance than it should. A loss at the hands of the other was (and probably still is) considered nothing less than national failure. Instances when the players' homes were pelted after a match was lost were not uncommon. Over-zealous supporters even burned effigies of a losing team's players or even of individual players that had simply performed less than well. A successful team and successful players could expect to be given hero status for months after the victory. Thus both the teams were under tremendous pressure to perform well and win. With both teams trying their level best, the matches often became very exciting.
India Vs Pakistan FlashBack
It was after the 1999 Kargil Conflict that much of the hatred transformed into a peaceful rivalry between the teams. They played each other in Australia in the 1999-2000 Triangular Series. The two teams met in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, in the Super Six part of tournament where India won against Pakistan but lost against Australia and New Zealand. Pakistan went on to face Australia in the finals. In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, they again met each other in the Super Six section where India achieved a memorable victory and later went on to appear in the Finals. Then, in the 2003-04 season, India completed a tour of Pakistan in which there were rare scenes of Indian and Pakistani supporters in unison, followed in early 2005 by a reciprocal tour by Pakistan in India to complete 3 Tests and 6 ODIs. Indian and Pakistani fans joined together in what was described as "cricket diplomacy".
An exciting fact is that even though India have lost roughly 70% of their matches against Pakistan, India have always defeated Pakistan in World Cup tournaments. This was best exemplified in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 where both teams played out two close encounters with India just about managing to get the better of Pakistan in both matches. The first encounter was a group match which ended in a tie and had to be decided via international cricket's second ever bowl-out. The other match was the final of the tournament which resulted in India taking home the cup after emerging champions.
Many now refer to an Indo-Pakistani series as a "Friendship Series". The series between the teams in Canada in the 1990s and early 2000s were officially known as the "Friendship Cup".
India Vs Pakistan 2007 Cricket Series Schedual
* Monday, Nov 5, 2007 : 1st ODI at Guwahati
* Thursday, Nov 8, 2007 (D/N) : 2nd ODI at Mohali
* Sunday, Nov 11, 2007 : 3rd ODI at Kanpur
* Thursday, Nov 15, 2007 (D/N) : 4th ODI at Gwalior
* Sunday, Nov 18, 2007 (D/N) : 5th ODI at Jaipur
* Thursday, Nov 22-26, 2007 : 1st Test at Delhi
* Friday, Nov 30- Dec 4, 2007 : 2nd Test at Kolkata
* Saturday, Dec 8-12, 2007 : 3rd Test at Bangalore
India Vs Pakistan Rivalry
India Vs Pakistan 2007 Cricket Series Teams
India Team Against Pakistan: (First Two ODIs)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain),
Yuvraj Singh,
Virender Sehwag,
Sourav Ganguly,
Sachin Tendulkar,
Gautam Gambhir,
Robin Uthappa,
Rohit Sharma,
Harbhajan Singh,
Murali Kartik,
Zaheer Khan,
RP Singh,
Irfan Pathan,
S Sreesanth,
Praveen Kumar.
Pakistan ODI Team Against India:
Shoaib Malik (captain),
Salman Butt,
Imran Nazir,
Yasir Hameed,
Younis Khan,
Mohammad Yousuf,
Shahid Afridi,
Misbah-ul Haq,
Fawad Alam,
Kamran Akmal,
Mohammad Asif,
Shoaib Akhtar,
Umar Gul,
Sohail Tanvir,
Rao Iftikhar Anjum,
Abdul Rehman.
India Vs Pakistan Head To Head Records
56 Test Matches Played Between India And Pakistan in Which 8 Matches Won By India & 12 Matches Won Pakistan & 36 Matches Drawn
108 ODI Matches Played Between India And Pakistan in Which 40 Matches Won By India & 64 Matches Won Pakistan & 4 Matches Drawn
2 Twenty20 Matches Played Between India And Pakistan in Which 1 Match Won By India & 1 Drawn
Sachin Tendulkar, The Greatest Batsman Alive
Top 10 Batsman In Test Cricket
1: R.T. Ponting ( AUS )
2: Mohammad Yousuf ( PAK )
3: J.H. Kallis ( SA )
4: K.C. Sangakkara ( SL )
5: K.P. Pietersen ( ENG )
6: M.E.K. Hussey ( AUS )
7: M.L. Hayden ( AUS )
8: Younis Khan ( PAK )
9: S. Chanderpaul ( WI )
10:R. Dravid ( IND )
Top 10 Bowlers In Test Cricket
1: M. Muralidaran ( SL )
2: M. Ntini ( SA )
3: S.E. Bond ( NZ )
4: S.R. Clark ( AUS )
5: S.M. Pollock ( SA )
6: A. Kumble ( IND )
7: M.J. Hoggard ( ENG )
8: Shoaib Akhtar ( PAK )
9: Zaheer Khan ( IND )
10:C.D. Collymore ( WI )
Shoaib Akhtar At His Best
Top 10 Batsman In ODI Cricket
1: R.T. Ponting ( AUS )
2: A. Symonds ( AUS )
3: M.L. Hayden ( AUS )
4: G.C. Smith ( SA )
5: K.P. Pietersen ( ENG )
6: M.E.K. Hussey ( AUS )
7: R.R. Sarwan ( WI )
8: Mohammad Yousuf ( PAK )
9: C.H. Gayle ( WI )
10:S.R. Tendulkar ( IND )
Top 10 Bowlers In ODI Cricket
1: S.M. Pollock ( SA )
2: S.E. Bond ( NZ )
3: N.W. Bracken ( AUS )
4: W.P.U.J.C. Vaas ( SL )
5: M. Muralidaran ( SL )
6: D.L. Vettori ( NZ )
7: M. Ntini ( SA )
8: G.B. Hogg ( AUS )
9: B. Lee ( AUS )
10:M.F. Maharoof ( SL )
India Pakistan Match - Prasad takes revenge on Aamir Sohail
Top 10 Teams In Test Cricket
1:Australia
2:England
3:India
4:Sri Lanka
5:South Africa
6:Pakistan
7:New Zealand
8:West Indies
9:Bangladesh
Top 10 Teams In ODI Cricket
1:Australia
2:South Africa
3:New Zealand
4:Sri Lanka
5:India
6:Pakistan
7:West Indies
8:England
9:Bangladesh
10:Ireland
11:Zimbabwe
12:Kenya
Classic Test Match India Vs Pakistan In Delhi 1999 Which India Won
NOTE: All the Ranking Records are Updated up to 29 Oct 2007
India Vs Pakistan Cricket ( FlashBack & Overview )
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