The beginning of cricket’s fiercest rivalry on Asia’s biggest stage Few rivalries in sport stir the soul quite like the IND-PAK clash. The Asia Cup has hosted this contest 19 times across different formats, with India leading the head-to-head 10–6, while three matches ended without a result. Yet, despite decades of drama, the inaugural chapter of this rivalry took place at Sharjah on April 13, 1984, when India and PAK first clashed in the Asia Cup. That encounter — played under a blazing desert sun before a crowd full of expatriate fans — became the seed from which one of cricket’s fiercest rivalries in multilateral tournaments would grow. A fresh tournament, a new stage The Rothmans Asia Cup of 1984 marked Asia’s first continental tournament, held at Sharjah’s newly built cricket ground. It included India, PAK, and Sri Lanka in a round-robin format. India, led by Sunil Gavaskar, had already ...
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