1999 India–Pakistan field hockey test series

1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series

Tournament details
City	New Delhi, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Chennai Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi
Dates	3 February 1999 - 24 February 1999
Venue(s)	8 in 8 host cities
Final positions
Champions	Template:Fhicon Pakistan won the series 6-3
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Top scorer(s)	Template:Fhicon Sohail Abbas (10 goals)
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The 1999 Indo-Pak series (known as the Pepsi hockey series for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th series of bilateral field hockey matches between India and Pakistan.

The series consisted of nine matches with India hosting the first leg of four matches and Pakistan hosting the second leg of five matches from 3 February 1999 to 24 February 1999.

Pakistan won the series 6–3.

Sohail Abbas, Pakistan's world renowned 'King of the drag flick', was the top scorer on both sides, netting 10 goals, and scoring at least once in six of the nine matches.

Background

India went into the series as Asian Games Champions having defeated South Korea in the final of the 1998 Asian Games in December the previous year. Pakistan had been runner-ups in the 1998 Champions Trophy in Lahore a month before that.

Venues

Match	Location	Stadium Name	Date
First	New Delhi	Dhyan Chand National Stadium	3 February
Second	Bhopal	Aish Bag Stadium	5 February
Third	Hyderabad	Begumpeth Hockey Stadium	8 February
Fourth	Chennai	Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium	10 February
Fifth	Lahore	National Hockey Stadium	16 February
Sixth	Karachi	Hockey Club of Pakistan	18 February
Seventh	Peshawar	Lala Ayub Stadium	20 February
Eighth	Rawalpindi	Army Stadium	22 February
Ninth	Lahore	National Hockey Stadium	24 February

Squads

Template:Fhicon India	Template:Fhicon Pakistan
Anil Aldrin (C) Jagdish Poonappa (GK) B. C. Poonacha (GK) P. U. Boppanna (GK) Dilip Tirkey Lazarus Barla Baljit Singh Saini Mohammed Riaz Ramandeep Singh Thirumal Valavan Shanmugham Pandurangan L. Prabhakaran Sameer Dad Gagan Ajit Singh Daljit Singh Dhillon Rajesh Chauhan Ravinder Singh Gurusevak Singh Kamal Horo Surinder Singh Deepak Thakur Sarabjit Singh Baljit Singh Dhillon	Atif Bashir (C) Muhammad Qasim (GK) Ahmad Alam (GK) Sohail Abbas Aamir Saleem Muhamad Danish Kaleem Irfan Yousaf Muhammad Saqlain Waseem Ahmed Asad Qureshi Mubashir Mukhtar Muhammad Irfan Ejaz Rasool Muhammad Nadeem Muhammad Anis Ahmed Muhammad Sarwar Muhammad Khalid Naveed Asim
Coach Template:Fhicon Vasudevan Bhaskaran	Coach Template:Fhicon Shahnaz Sheikh

Results

• Pakistan won the series 6-3

First Leg

Match	Date	Score	Location
1	3 February	India 3-4 (AET) Pakistan	New Delhi
2	5 February	India 1-4 Pakistan	Bhopal
3	8 February	India 2-5 Pakistan	Hyderabad
4	10 February	India 3-0 Pakistan	Chennai

Second Leg

Match	Date	Score	Location
1	16 February	Pakistan 4-2 India	Lahore
2	18 February	Pakistan 4-2 India	Karachi
3	20 February	Pakistan 1-2 India	Peshawar
4	22 February	Pakistan 3-3 (11-10) India	Rawalpindi
5	24 February	Pakistan 2-3 India	Lahore

Matches

First leg

Match 1

3 February 1999 India 3 - 4 (AET) Pakistan Gagan REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Dad REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Abbas REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Nadeem REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Bashir REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi Attendance: 15,000 Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)

Match 2

5 February 1999 India 1 - 4 Pakistan Gagan REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Asim REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Irfan REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Abbas REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Aishbagh Stadium, Bhopal Attendance: 12,000 Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)

Match 3

8 February 1999 India 2 - 5 Pakistan Dhillon REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Irfan REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Abbas REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Bashir REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Begumpeth Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)

Match 4

10 February 1999 India 3 - 0 Pakistan Chuahan REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Dhillon REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)

Second leg

Match 1

16 February 1999 Pakistan 4 - 2 India Bashir REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Abbas REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Khalid REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Saini REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Dhillon REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal National Hockey Stadium, Lahore Attendance: 12,000 Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)

Match 2

18 February 1999 Pakistan 4 - 2 India Bashir REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Asim REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Sarwar REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Horo REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Dhillon REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Hockey Club of Pakistan, Karachi Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)

Match 3

20 February 1999 Pakistan 1 - 2 India Abbas REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Dhillon REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Chauhan REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Lala Ayub Stadium, Peshawar Attendance: 8,000 Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)

Match 4

22 February 1999 Pakistan 3 - 3 India Bashir REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Abbas REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Khalid REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Dhillon REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Gagan REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Penalties 11-10 Army Stadium, Rawalpindi Attendance: 10,000 Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)

Match 5

24 February 1999 Pakistan 2 - 3 India Abbas REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Khalid REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Report Tirkey REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Saini REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal Dhillon REDIRECT Template:Field hockey goal National Hockey Stadium, Lahore Attendance: 15,000 Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)

Statistics

Pakistan - Total goals scored 27

India - Total goals scored 21

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 9 matches for an average of 5.33 goals per match