# India vs Pakistan Head to Head: The Full Record Source: https://cricketin.org/h2h/india-vs-pakistan [By Anjali Deshmukh](/authors/cricket-analyst), Cricket Analyst. [Reviewed by Rajeev Sathe](/authors/editor-in-chief), Editor-in-Chief. Updated 29 Aug 2026. Editorial policy: https://cricketin.org/editorial-policy 18+ Betting money on cricket carries a direct risk of financial loss, and it can become an addiction. Real-money online gaming is banned across India under the PROG Act 2025, which came into force on 1 May 2026. If betting is already costing you money you need, or sleep, or people close to you, the free Tele-MANAS helpline is **14416**, and it runs in 20 languages. Our [page on help for gambling harm](/guides/help-for-gambling-harm-india) lists what else exists. --- The complete India versus Pakistan record: 212 matches across Tests, ODIs and T20Is, why Tests were so often drawn, and why no bilateral series since 2013. India and Pakistan have played 212 matches at world level. Pakistan leads 88 to 81 overall. But the formats split sharply. Pakistan is ahead in Tests and ODIs, while India has won 14 of 17 T20 games. Below is the full record by format. We show the sums behind those win shares. We explain why 38 of 59 Tests were drawn. We also explain why the two sides have not played a bilateral series since early 2013, meaning a tour by one to the other. ## The record, format by format India and Pakistan have met 212 times across the three formats. Pakistan leads the overall count. Every figure in the table below comes from the [reference record of the rivalry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_cricket_rivalry). That table is current to 15 February 2026. **Table 1. India versus Pakistan, all formats** | Format | Played | India won | Pakistan won | Drawn | No result | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Tests | 59 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 0 | | ODIs | 136 | 58 | 73 | 0 | 5 | | T20Is | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 212 | 81 | 88 | 38 | 5 | The totals check out both ways. The three formats add up to 212 matches. And 81 plus 88 plus 38 plus 5 also gives 212. Any match played after 15 February 2026 is not in these numbers. We still need two checks in a live stats base. Have the sides met again since that date? If so, what are the new totals? ## What the numbers actually say The three formats tell three different stories. One blended number hides that. **Win shares, worked from the table above.** Formula: win share = wins ÷ matches played × 100. Tests: India 9 ÷ 59 = 15.3%, Pakistan 12 ÷ 59 = 20.3%, and drawn 38 ÷ 59 = 64.4%. ODIs: India 58 ÷ 136 = 42.6% and Pakistan 73 ÷ 136 = 53.7%. T20Is: India 14 ÷ 17 = 82.4% and Pakistan 3 ÷ 17 = 17.6%. Assumptions: the five no-results stay in the count of matches played, so the ODI shares do not add up to 100%. All inputs come from the record table. So the pattern is clear. Pakistan is ahead in the two older formats. India rules the newest one. The Test column is the strangest. Nearly two thirds of all Tests between them ended drawn. The five no-results in the ODI column need a word too. The [ICC ODI playing conditions](https://images.icc-cricket.com/image/upload/prd/d25dbgishkx0kijb4jeu.pdf) set the rule. A match is a No Result if the side batting second has not had the chance to face at least 20 overs. Rain, not cricket, closed out those five. ## Why so many Tests ended in a draw Thirty-eight draws from 59 Tests looks odd to a modern fan. Two things explain it. First, the format allows it. [Law 16 of the MCC Laws](https://www.lords.org/mcc/the-laws/the-result) is clear. A side must pass the other's two full innings to win. Running out of time means a draw, not a loss. Second, much of this Test past came in an age of flat pitches and safe cricket. On grounds in both countries, runs came in heaps and bowlers were worn down. Add the heat around the fixture, and captains had every reason not to lose. The [ICC Test playing conditions](https://images.icc-cricket.com/image/upload/prd/lm8owaz03i86m1eneb7m.pdf) still allow the same result today. They set 90 overs a day and no cap on overs per innings. Our [Test cricket guide](/guides/test-cricket-explained) shows why a draw is a normal result, not a flop. There is a plainer point too. The two sides have not played a Test since 2007. So the age of frequent draws is the whole recent Test record. The gap has a cost today. Tests now feed the World Test Championship. A win is worth 12 points and a draw four, as the [ICC standings](https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/world-test-championship/standings) show. The two sides never meet in Tests, so neither can take those points off the other. ## Where the rivalry started The fixture is older than most fans think. It began in the first ten years after Partition. The first Test was played from 16 to 19 October 1952 in Delhi. India won by an innings and 70 runs. The first one-day international came much later, on 1 October 1978. India won it by four runs. The first T20 game came on 14 September 2007, at the first World Twenty20. It was tied, and India won the bowl-out that came next. All three firsts are set down in the [rivalry record](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_cricket_rivalry). ## Why they have not played a bilateral series since 2013 This is the key fact of the fixture today. India and Pakistan do not tour each other. The last full tour was Pakistan's visit to India in 2007. The Test series began on 22 November 2007, and India won it 1-0. The ODI series had begun on 5 November, and India won that 3-2. The last Test between the two sides ran from 8 to 12 December 2007. It was drawn. One short visit came after that. Pakistan played three ODIs and two T20Is in India between December 2012 and January 2013. Pakistan won the ODI series. The two-match T20I series finished level at 1-1. That is still the only T20I series the two have played head to head. The break point was the Mumbai attacks of 26 to 29 November 2008. Lashkar-e-Taiba carried them out. India called off the 2009 tour and has said no to tours since. Tries to restart have failed. In 2014 the Pakistan Cricket Board set out six series over eight years. None of them took place. In May 2017 the Board of Control for Cricket in India said the government would have to agree first. This is not the first long gap. There was no cricket between the two from 1962 to 1977, due to the wars of 1965 and 1971. A 1991 series was called off after Shiv Sena workers dug up the Wankhede pitch. There was a protest at the Feroz Shah Kotla in 2000. The 1999 Kargil conflict cut the ties again. All of this is set out in the [record of the rivalry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_cricket_rivalry). **Table 2. Interruptions in the fixture** | Period | What happened | |---|---| | 1962 to 1977 | No cricket, following the wars of 1965 and 1971 | | 1991 | Series cancelled after the Wankhede pitch was dug up | | 1999 | Relations interrupted by the Kargil conflict | | 2007 | Last full bilateral tour, and the last Test between them | | 2008 | Mumbai attacks; India suspends the 2009 tour | | Dec 2012 to Jan 2013 | Last bilateral matches of any kind, in India | | 2014 and 2017 | Announced series never played; government approval cited | ## So they meet only at tournaments Since 2013, every meeting has come at an ICC event or an Asian Cricket Council event. Neutral grounds and group draws now do the work that tours used to do. The 50-over World Cup record is one-sided. The two sides met eight times at 50-over World Cups: in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. India won all eight. Take both World Cups as one, the 50-over and the T20. They have met 17 times there. India has won 16 of them. Pakistan's one win came at the 2021 T20 World Cup. **The World Cup win share.** Inputs: 17 World Cup meetings across both formats, India 16 wins, Pakistan one. Formula: win share = wins ÷ meetings × 100. Result: India 16 ÷ 17 = 94.1% and Pakistan 1 ÷ 17 = 5.9%. Assumptions: the 17 counts 50-over and T20 World Cups only. It leaves out the Asia Cup and the Champions Trophy. All inputs come from the record table. Two recent meetings show the shape of things now. At the 2025 Asia Cup the sides met three times in T20 games. One was the final on 28 September 2025 in Dubai. There India chased 147 and won by five wickets, per the [match scorecard](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/men-s-t20-asia-cup-2025-1496919/india-vs-pakistan-final-1496938/full-scorecard). They met again on 15 February 2026, in the T20 World Cup group stage at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. India made 175 for 7 and Pakistan were held to 114. India won by 61 runs, as the [match record](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/139216/ind-vs-pak-27th-match-group-a-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026) shows. Note the two grounds: Dubai and Colombo. Neither side has hosted the other, so the fixture lives on neutral soil. ## What this page does not do We do not tip this fixture. There are no odds on this page. The reason sits in the numbers above. Two of the three formats point one way. The third points the other way. And the sides have not toured each other since 2013. Past results here tell you very little about the next match. Squads change a lot from one event to the next. A 94% World Cup record does not tell you much about the eleven who take the field next. If you want to know what does swing a match, read the rules instead. Our [T20 rules guide](/guides/t20-rules-explained) and our [pitch conditions guide](/guides/how-pitch-conditions-work) are better places to start than a head-to-head table. ## How the format shapes what the record means A head-to-head number means different things in different formats. That is worth saying plainly. The 59 Tests were played over 55 years. Most came in an age with other rules and no reviews. The 17 T20 games were played in under 20 years, under a rule book that keeps changing. The current rule books are listed in the [ICC playing conditions library](https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/cricket/rules-and-regulations/playing-conditions). The rules of 1978 were not the rules of today. Our [formats overview](/guides/cricket-formats-explained) sets out what each format decides. Our [50-over guide](/guides/odi-rules-explained) covers the format where the two sides have met most often. ## How we sourced every figure Every number on this page can be traced. The full record comes from one reference table. The two most recent meetings come from match records. We also checked that the table adds up, since public records sometimes do not. Tests: 9 plus 12 plus 38 equals 59. ODIs: 58 plus 73 plus 5 equals 136. T20Is: 14 plus 3 equals 17. The three totals give 212, and the win columns give 212 as well. One item stays open: how up to date this is. Our source table states 15 February 2026, so a later meeting would not show up. Our [verification method](/how-we-test) sets out the standard we work to. Any fix is logged on our [corrections page](/corrections). The full library of explainers sits on the [guides hub](/guides). ## Questions people ask ### Who leads the India versus Pakistan head to head? Pakistan, by 88 wins to 81 across all formats, from 212 matches. The [record table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan_cricket_rivalry) is current to 15 February 2026. ### When did India and Pakistan last play a Test match? From 8 to 12 December 2007, and it was drawn. That Test was part of Pakistan's 2007 tour of India. It was the last full tour between the two countries. ### How many times have they met at 50-over World Cups? Eight times, in 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. India won all eight of those matches. ### Has Pakistan ever beaten India at a World Cup? Yes, once. Pakistan's one World Cup win over India came at the 2021 T20 World Cup. Take both World Cups as one and the record is 16 to 1 to India, from 17 meetings. ### Why are there no bilateral India versus Pakistan series? India cut cricket ties after the Mumbai attacks of November 2008 and has said no to tours since. Six series set out in 2014 came to nothing. In 2017 the BCCI said the government would have to agree first. ### When did the two sides last meet? In the T20 World Cup group stage on 15 February 2026, in Colombo. India made 175 for 7 and won by 61 runs, per the [match record](https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/139216/ind-vs-pak-27th-match-group-a-icc-mens-t20-world-cup-2026). We have flagged that a later meeting may sit beyond our source's cut-off.