Pakistan have traditionally held the upper hand against neighbours and arch rivals India in LOI cricket. They have won 47 out of the 73 completed matches between the two teams. The following tables show the details.

When India          Matches    Won   Lost  NR   Td   Success %
                                (by Ind)

Batted first            34      12    21     1    0   36.36
Batted last             43      14    26     3    0   35.00

Conclusion: India do not seem to do worse by either batting
first or second.

Won the Toss            43      14    26     3    0   35.00
Lost the Toss           34      12    21     1    0   36.36

Conclusion: Pakistan have beaten India no matter what happens
to the toss with equal results.

Record in each country

Aus                         3    3    0    0    0  100.00
Ban                         5    4    1    0    0   80.00
Can                        16    7    8    1    0   46.67
Ind                        14    4   10    0    0   28.57
Pak                        15    3   10    2    0   23.08
UAE                        22    5   17    0    0   22.73
Sin                         1    0    1    0    0    0.00
SL                          1    0    0    1    0    0.00

The two teams have never clashed in England so far.


Record in each season

1978-79                  3       1    2    0    0   33.33
1982-83                  4       1    3    0    0   25.00
1983-84                  3       3    0    0    0  100.00
1984-85                  5       3    1    1    0   75.00
1985-86                  2       0    2    0    0    0.00
1986-87                  8       1    7    0    0   12.50
1988-89                  2       1    1    0    0   50.00
1989-90                  7       0    6    1    0    0.00
1991-92                  4       2    2    0    0   50.00
1993-94                  2       0    2    0    0    0.00
1994-95                  1       0    1    0    0    0.00
1995-96                  4       2    2    0    0   50.00
1996-97                  6       2    4    0    0   33.33
1997-98                 15       8    5    2    0   61.54
1998-99                 11       2    9    0    0   18.18

In the World Cup         2       2    0    0    0  100.00

The only factor in India's favour, from a statistical point of view is
that India have won both the matches played between the teams in the
World Cup so far, both when batting first.

Grand Total             77      26   47    4    0   35.62

The Captains against each other

M Azharuddin            24       8    16     0    0   33.33
Wasim Akram             12       9     3     0    0   75.00


A summary of the last ten matches between the teams

Ground         Date          Won By       T B  	Ind Score   Pak Score

Toronto     13 Sep 1998    Pak  51 Runs   W L  	195-10 46.3 246- 9 50.0
Toronto     16 Sep 1998    Pak  77 Runs   W L  	180-10 46.2 257- 5 50.0
Toronto     19 Sep 1998    Pak 134 Runs   W L  	182-10 46.3 316- 6 50.0
Toronto     20 Sep 1998    Pak  5  Wkts   W F  	256- 9 50.0 258- 5 48.2
Jaipur      24 Mar 1999    Pak 143 Runs   L L  	135-10 36.1 278- 9 50.0
Mohali      01 Apr 1999    Pak  7  Wkts   W F  	196-10 49.5 197- 3 42.0
Bangalore   04 Jan 1999    Pak 123 Runs   L L  	168-10 42.1 291- 8 50.0
Sharjah     08 Apr 1999    Pak 116 Runs   L L  	163- 6 50.0 279- 8 50.0
Sharjah     13 Apr 1999    Ind  6  Wkts   L L  	206- 4 48.1 205- 9 50.0
Sharjah     16 Apr 1999    Pak  8  Wkts   W F  	125-10 45.0 129- 2 28.0

India have beaten Pakistan only once in the last ten encounters! Will
they be able to reverse the trend?

(T: Toss (W)on/(L)ost, B:Batted (F)irst/(L)ast)

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)