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	Pakistan won the series 6-3
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Top scorer(s)	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. ^[1]

Sohail Abbas, Pakistan's world renowned 'King of the drag flick', ^{[2] [3]} 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. ^[4]

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

References

1. "DAWN WIRE SERVICE : 20 February 1999 Issue : 05/08". asianstudies.github.io. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
2. "Profile of Sohail Abbas". SR/Olympic Sports website. 28 August 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
3. G, Eddie (24 September 2019). "Who is the drag flick king, Sohail Abbas?" . Retrieved 27 May 2021.
4. "February 1999 Bulletin". www.bharatiyahockey.org. Retrieved 2021-03-24.