India–Pakistan field hockey test series

India and Pakistan have played test series from 1978 to 2006 as part of their long standing rivalry in field hockey. They played eight test series in this span out of which Pakistan won six, India won one and one was drawn. Out of 52 matches played Pakistan won 25, India won 16 and 11 were drawn. The goal aggregation so far is Pakistan 124 - 104 India). In 1998, each country hosted four matches out of which Pakistan won four, India won three and one was drawn.[1] The last was played in 2006 with three matches in each nation. Pakistan won three matches while India won one and two were drawn.

Indo-Pak test series of field hockey was expected to restart from 2013 as declared by Hockey India.[2] In 2004 test series both India and Pakistan used a foreign coach for the first time. Gehard Rach of Germany was coach for India while Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands was coach for Pakistan.

List of series

Out of eight test series played between the two teams, Pakistan have won on six occasions and India once. One series ended in a draw. Of the total 52 matches played, Pakistan have won 25 times against India's 16, with 11 matches ending in draws.[3]

Year	Matches	Winner	Results	Pakistan		India
Year	Matches	Winner	Results	Captain	Coach	Captain	Coach
1978	4	Pakistan win	3–1	Islahuddin Siddique	Sayad A. Hussain	Victor Philips	Randhir Singh Gentle
1981	4	Pakistan win	2–1	Akhtar Rasool	Khwaja Zakauddin	Surjit Singh Randhawa	Harmik Singh
1986	7	India win	3–2	Hassan Sardar	Anwar Ahmad Khan	Mohammed Shahid	M. P. Ganesh
1988	6	Draw	2–2	Nasir Ali	Manzoor-ul Hassan	M. M. Somaya	M. P. Ganesh
1998	8	Pakistan win	4–3	Tahir Zaman	Islahuddin Siddique	Dhanraj Pillay	Vasudevan Baskaran
1999	9	Pakistan win	5–3	Atif Bashir	Shehnaz Sheikh	Anil Aldrin	Vasudevan Baskaran
2004	8	Pakistan win	4–2	Waseem Ahmad	Roelant Oltmans	Dilip Tirkey	Gehard Rach
2006	6	Pakistan win	3–1	Muhammad Saqlain	Asif Bajwa	Ignace Tirkey	Rajinder Singh Jr.
2013	Cancelled

Matches

Test series between India and Pakistan:[4]

1978 Test Series

This series was of 4 matches out of which Pakistan won 3 and India won 1 and 0 were drawn. Overall Pakistan was the winner of this series.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Indian Leg	2	0	0	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	2	1	Pakistan win
Indian Leg	2	0	0	Bangalore Football Stadium, Bangalore	3	2	Pakistan win
Pakistani Leg	1	1	0	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	6	0	Pakistan win
Pakistani Leg	1	1	0	National Stadium, Karachi	1	2	India win
Aggregation	3	1	0		12	5	Pakistan win the Test Series

1981 Test Series

This series was of 4 matches out of which Pakistan won 2 and India won 1 and 1 were drawn. Overall Pakistan was the winner of this series.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Indian Leg	2	0	0	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	5	3	Pakistan win
Indian Leg	2	0	0	Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata	3	4	India win
Pakistani Leg	1	1	0	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	2	2	Draw
Pakistani Leg	1	1	0	National Stadium, Karachi	4	2	Pakistan win
Aggregation	2	1	1		14	11	Pakistan win the Test Series

1986 Test Series

This series was of 7 matches out of which Pakistan won 2 and India won 3 and 2 were drawn. Overall India was the winner of this series.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Indian Leg	1	2	0	Mohun Bagan Ground, Kolkata	3	2	Pakistan win
				Shivaji Stadium, Kolhapur	1	2	India win
				Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad	3	6	India win
Pakistani Leg	1	1	2	Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot	3	2	Pakistan win
				Niaz Hockey Stadium, Sargodha	2	2	Draw
				Jinnah Sports Stadium, Islamabad	3	3	Draw
				Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi	1	2	India win
Aggregation	2	3	2		16	19	India win the Test Series

1988 Test Series

This series was of 6 matches out of which Pakistan won 2 and India won 2 and 2 were drawn. Overall the series was drawn.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Indian Leg	1	2	0	Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi	2	3	India win
				Dhyan Chand Stadium, Lucknow	1	2	India win
				Railway Stadium, Gwalior	2	1	Pakistan win
Pakistani Leg	1	1	2	National Stadium, Lahore	1	1	Draw
				Gen. Musa Khan Stadium, Quetta	1	1	Draw
				Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi	3	2	Pakistan win
Aggregation	2	2	2		10	10	Series Draw

1998 Test Series

This series was of 8 matches out of which Pakistan won 4 and India won 3 and 1 were drawn. Overall Pakistan was the winner of this series.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Habib Bank Trophy	2	2	0	Lala Ayub Stadium, Peshwar	4	1	Pakistan win
				Army Stadium, Rawalpindi	2	1	Pakistan win
				National Stadium, Lahore	3	4	India win
				Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi	0	2	India win
Pepsi Friendship Gold Cup	2	1	1	Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi	2	3	India win
				Surjeet Singh Stadium, Jalandhar	1	1	Draw
				Begumpet Police Stadium, Hyderabad	3	1	Pakistan win
				Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai	2	0	Pakistan win
Aggregation	4	3	1		17	13	Pakistan win the Test Series

1999 Test Series

This series was of 9 matches out of which Pakistan won 5 and India won 3 and 1 were drawn. Overall Pakistan was the winner of this series.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Indian Leg	2	1	1	Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi	4	3	Pakistan win
				Aish Bag Stadium, Bhopal	4	1	Pakistan win
				Begumpeth Police Stadium, Hyderabad	5	2	Pakistan win
				Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai	0	3	India win
Pakistani Leg	0	1	2	National Stadium, Lahore	4	2	Pakistan win
				Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi	4	2	Pakistan win
				Lala Ayub Stadium, Peshawar	1	2	India win
				Army Stadium, Peshawar	3	3	Draw
				National Stadium, Lahore	2	3	India win
Aggregation	5	3	1		27	21	Pakistan win the Test Series

2004 Test Series

In this test series both India and Pakistan used a foreign coach for the first time. Gehard Rach of Germany was coach for India while Roelant Oltmans of Netherlands was coach for Pakistan. This series was of 8 matches out of which Pakistan won 4 and India won 2 and 2 were drawn. Overall Pakistan was the winner of this series.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Pakistani Leg	2	1	1	Hockey Club of Pakistan Stadium, Karachi	2	1	Pakistan win
				Gen. Musa Khan Stadium, Quetta	1	4	India win
				Lala Ayub Stadium, Peshawar	3	2	Pakistan win
				National Stadium, Lahore	4	4	Draw
Indian Leg	0	1	2	Dhyan Chand National Stadium, Delhi	2	1	Pakistan win
				Sector 42 Stadium, Chandigarh	1	1	Draw
				Guru Nanak Dev University Stadium, Amritsar	3	1	Pakistan win
				Gachibowli Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad	0	2	India win
Aggregation	4	2	2		16	16	Pakistan win the Test Series

2006 Test Series

This series was of 6 matches out of which Pakistan won 3 and India won 1 and 2 were drawn. Overall Pakistan was the winner of this series.

Leg	Final Position			Venue	Results
Leg	Pakistan	India	Draw	Venue	Pakistan	India	Note
Indian Leg	3	0	0	Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh	2	1	Pakistan win
				Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh	3	1	Pakistan win
				Surjeet Singh Stadium, Jalandhar	2	1	Pakistan win
Pakistani Leg	0	1	2	National Stadium, Lahore	1	1	Draw
				Faisalabad Hockey Stadium, Faisalabad	1	2	India win
				Army Stadium, Rawalpindi	3	3	Draw
Aggregation	3	1	2		12	9	Pakistan win the Test Series

References

HABIB BANK TROPHY and PEPSI FRIENDSHIP GOLD CUP
"Indo-Pak hockey tests to start from 2013 onwards". The Hindu. 29 August 2012.
"Indo-Pak Hockey Series". bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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