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Whereas thanks to the last 5 years specially the team that brought two consecutive bronze medals back to south prinod quol wi finally got some respect from the people die. can play better than India. They could not manage to fill the gap of beating India in the last 16 encounters. Instead, India won 14, whereas the rest ended in two draws. It has been eight years since Pakistan last beat India in the South Asian Games final match that took place in Guwahati in Year 2016.
But up until about 2014 Asian games finals, the two sides had memories worth of log entries with several more Olympic finals and the fuming controlled World Cup fests in between.
A brief chronology detailing the unforgettable matches is up next as the two sides met again in the playoffs. 2024 Asian Champions Trophy Saturday :
- Three Olympic finals
Melbourne 1956: India’s match against Pakistan was the first such meeting since independence. The team heading by Balbir Singh Sr. defended the title by beating the opponent 1-0. The game might not have showcased the kind of thriller that the best two teams in the hockey scenario offered at its time, but nor did the courtesy of its record come crashing down over puppies harbored within the embers of history since 1928. India’s first goal came from Randhir Singh Gentle in the 3rd minute. He scored from the penalty spot which led to India’s sixth gold medal. Pakistan won the silver medal and Germany beat Great Britain 3-1 to claim the bronze medal.
Rome 1960: With a lone strike from Nasir Ahmed Benda , Pakistan knocked down India 1-0, lifting India’s winning streak of 6 championships , avenging their Olympic loss 4 years back.
1964 Tokyo Olympics: After the Olympics, India and Pakistan will be the last two teams who fought for the 3rd time in a row. This time they had the chance to take revenge for having lost in the finals in 1960. However, as it happened in the previous two finals, until the 40th minute of the game ‘Lal’ scored the only goal in the match.
- 1975 World Cup Final: In the final which was against Pakistan, India registered its name as the world cup winner for the first time ever. This great landmark took place a couple of years after the painful defeat as the runners up in the 1973 world cup final. This final was played at the Merdeka Football Stadium, Kuala Lumpur where the squad of Ajit Pal Singh was the winner. They were tested all the way to the final where Pakistan took the first blood through Mohammad Zaid Sheikh. This was Surjit Singh’s second consecutive World Cup final for India and he scored to bring the scores level. The deciding strike was netted by Ashok Kumar the son of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand thus completing the thrilling game on a 2-1 margin.
- Final of the 2014 Asian Games: The Indian team was crowned as the victorious one and it took home the gold for the first time in the span of sixteen years. In another action-packed match, India was relentless despite being reigned by their arch-rivals and the defending champions, Pakistan, 4-2 during the penalty shoot-out. Before this, the last Indian hockey team championship came in the year 1998.
- 2007 Ch, India snatched goals after entering a 3-2 deficit in a pool match also known as the 3rd-4th classification round in what is now regarded as one of the classic matches between Pakistan and India hockey The memories surround the victory where the score was 7–4 against India and then five out of the last nineteen minutes were buoyed for five out of the said match. Jugraj Singh, Deepak Thakur, Prabjot Singh and Gagan Ajit Singh were the scorers for India while Ray Khan Butt, Sayeed Anwar, Nadeem Ahmed, Mudasser Ali and Sohel Abbas scripted goals for Pakistan. This was the match where India first scored 7-0 goals against their rival Pakistan.
- 2014 Champion Trophy Semifinal clash: This time India could not take it into penalties and lost 3-4 in another close semi-final. A minute before the end, Pakistan’s Mohammad Arslan Manager Qadir who scored the final goal caused a riot in bhubaneshawr. The Post match celebrations by Pakistani players were controversial with some making vulgar gestures to the audience and the Indian press after removing their shirts. Such cases increased the level of hostility existing between the two nations. Ramveer Singh and Nijin Thimayya.
