When did the India vs Pakistan sport rivalry begin ?”
The rivalry began with the partition of India in 1947, the Independence of Pakistan and the subsequent Kashmir dispute which followed afterward between the two countries. This dispute has affected both diplomatic and political relations, and on the pitch the same animosity between the two teams can be felt. A match between the two countries is often equated with war. During the 2003 Cricket World Cup, an Australian cricket commentator, was quoted as saying on TV “there is always great interest in India and Pakistan for they have fought three wars. There has been no war since 1971. So there is so much more excitement in this match”. A critic may dismiss it as a diabolic sense of humour and pardon the imaginative commentator but nevertheless it was not far from the truth. [edit]Matches For some years, the Indian and Pakistani cricket teams played each other in non-Test-playing nations such as Canada (Toronto) or the United Arab Emirates (Sharjah), where they would be unlikely to receive
