Competing in SAF Championship
SAFF Championship 2023 is starting from Wednesday. The final match of this tournament to be held between 8 teams will be played on 4th July. Teams from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan are participating against the hosts India. 4-4 teams are divided into two groups. Pakistan team is in Group A along with India. Team India, captained by Sunil Chhetri, will take on Pakistan in their first match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
India-Pakistan clash after 5 years
India and Pakistan will clash on the football field after 5 years. The last time both the teams clashed was in the 2018 SAFF Championship. At the same time, after 2014, Pakistan’s football team is on a tour of India. Then an international friendly match was played between the two teams. If we talk about ranking and performance, then there is a huge difference between the two teams. The Indian team is at number 95 in the FIFA rankings. Whereas Pakistan is at number 195.
India’s upper hand in head to head
The first football match between India and Pakistan was played in 1959. Then Pakistan had won 1-0. But after that we got to see the charm of India. Pakistan had to wait till 2003 for its second victory. So far 26 matches have been played between India and Pakistan. In this, Team India has got 13 wins and 10 matches have been drawn. Pakistan has got only three wins.
india pakistan last 5 matches
Pakistan – 1 v India – 3 International Friendly, 23 March 2011
India – 1 v Pakistan – 0 SAFF Championship, 01 September 2013
India – 0 v Pakistan – 2 International Friendly, 20 August 2014
India – 1 v Pakistan – 0 International Friendly, 17 August 2014
India – 3 vs Pakistan – 1 SAFF Championship, 12 September 2018