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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...