# 1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series

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

| India | 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 Vasudevan Bhaskaran | Coach 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 25', 64' Dad 52' | Report | Abbas 10', 33' Nadeem 40' Bashir 85' |
* 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 2' | Report | Asim 7' Irfan 42' Abbas 64', 65' |
* Aishbagh Stadium, Bhopal Attendance: 12,000 Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)
Match 3
* 8 February 1999
| India | 2 - 5 | Pakistan |
| Dhillon 19', 59' | Report | Irfan 4', 31' Abbas 10' Bashir 44', 48' |
* Begumpeth Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)
Match 4
* 10 February 1999
| India | 3 - 0 | Pakistan |
| Chuahan 3', 53' Dhillon 18' | Report | |
* Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)

### Second leg

Match 1
* 16 February 1999
| Pakistan | 4 - 2 | India |
| Bashir 20' Abbas 25', 69' Khalid 39' | Report | Saini 50' Dhillon 56' |
* National Hockey Stadium, Lahore Attendance: 12,000 Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)
Match 2
* 18 February 1999
| Pakistan | 4 - 2 | India |
| Bashir 10' Asim 17', 34' Sarwar 58' | Report | Horo 62' Dhillon 64' |
* Hockey Club of Pakistan, Karachi Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)
Match 3
* 20 February 1999
| Pakistan | 1 - 2 | India |
| Abbas 38' | Report | Dhillon 13' Chauhan 36' |
* Lala Ayub Stadium, Peshawar Attendance: 8,000 Umpires: Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)
Match 4
* 22 February 1999
| Pakistan | 3 - 3 | India |
| Bashir 49' Abbas 66' Khalid 67' | Report | Dhillon 25', 59' Gagan 69' |
| 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 9' Khalid 14' | Report | Tirkey 37' Saini 53' Dhillon 66' |
* 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
10 goals
* Sohail Abbas
9 goals
* Baljit Singh Dhillon
6 goals
* Atif Bashir
4 goals
* Gagan Ajit Singh
3 goals
* Naveed Asim
* Ramesh Chauhan
* Muhammd Irfan
* Muhammad Khalid
2 goals
* Baljit Singh Saini
1 goal
* Sameer Dad
* Muhammad Nadeem
* Muhammad Sarwar
* Kamal Horo
* Dilip Tirkey