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{{Infobox field hockey
|tournament = 1999 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
|dates = 3 February 1999 - 24 February 1999
|city = [[New Delhi]], [[Bhopal]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Chennai]] <br /> [[Lahore]], [[Karachi]], [[Peshawar]], [[Rawalpindi]]
|champions = {{fhicon|PAK}} Pakistan won the series 6-3
|top_scorer = {{fhicon|PAK}} [[Sohail Abbas]]
|top_scorer_goals = 10
|venues = 8 in 8 host cities
|next_year = 2004
|matches = 9
|next_tournament = 2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series
|previous_year = 1998
|previous_tournament = 1998 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 men's national field hockey team|India]] and [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DAWN WIRE SERVICE : 20 February 1999 Issue : 05/08|url=https://asianstudies.github.io/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1999/20Feb99.html#over|access-date=2021-03-24|website=asianstudies.github.io}}</ref>

[[Sohail Abbas]], Pakistan's world renowned 'King of the drag flick',<ref name="SR">{{cite web |date=28 August 2009 |title=Profile of Sohail Abbas |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/sohail-abbas-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093011/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/sohail-abbas-1.html |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020 |website=SR/Olympic Sports website}}</ref><ref name="HH">{{Cite web |last=G |first=Eddie |date=24 September 2019 |title=Who is the drag flick king, Sohail Abbas? |url=https://hockeyhooked.com/who-is-the-drag-flick-king-sohail-abbas/ |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref> 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 [[Field hockey at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]] in December the previous year. Pakistan had been runner-ups in the [[1998 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy|1998 Champions Trophy]] in [[Lahore]] a month before that.<ref>{{Cite web|title=February 1999 Bulletin|url=http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/1999/feb1999.html|access-date=2021-03-24|website=www.bharatiyahockey.org}}</ref>

== Venues ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Match
!Location
!Stadium Name
!Date
|-
|First
|[[New Delhi]]
|[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium]]
|3 February
|-
|Second
|[[Bhopal]]
|[[Aishbagh Stadium|Aish Bag Stadium]]
|5 February
|-
|Third
|[[Hyderabad]]
|[[Begumpeth Police Stadium|Begumpeth Hockey Stadium]]
|8 February
|-
|Fourth
|[[Chennai]]
|[[Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium]]
|10 February
|-
|Fifth
|[[Lahore]]
|[[National Hockey Stadium, 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, Peshawar|Army Stadium]]
|22 February
|-
|Ninth
|[[Lahore]]
|[[National Hockey Stadium, Lahore|National Hockey Stadium]]
|24 February
|}

== Squads ==
{| class="wikitable"
!{{Fhicon|India}} India
!{{Fhicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan
|-
|
* [[Anil Alexander Aldrin|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 (field hockey, born 1971)|Ramandeep Singh]]
* [[Thirumal Valavan]]
* [[Shanmugham Pandurangan]]
* [[L. Prabhakaran]]
* [[Sameer Dad]]
* [[Gagan Ajit Singh]]
* [[Daljit Singh Dhillon]]
* [[Rajesh Chauhan (field hockey)|Rajesh Chauhan]]
* [[Ravinder Singh (field hockey)|Ravinder Singh]]
* [[Gurusevak Singh]]
* [[Kamal Horo (field hockey)|Kamal Horo]]
* [[Surinder Singh (field hockey)|Surinder Singh]]
* [[Deepak Thakur]]
* [[Sarabjit Singh (field hockey)|Sarabjit Singh]]
* [[Baljit Singh Dhillon]]
|
* [[Atif Bashir (field hockey)|Atif Bashir (C)]]
* [[Muhammad Qasim (field hockey)|Muhammad Qasim (GK)]]
* [[Ahmed Alam|Ahmad Alam (GK)]]
* [[Sohail Abbas]]
* [[Aamir Saleem (field hockey)|Aamir Saleem]]
* [[Muhammad Danish Kaleem|Muhamad Danish Kaleem]]
* [[Irfan Yousaf]]
* [[Muhammad Saqlain]]
* [[Waseem Ahmed (field hockey)|Waseem Ahmed]]
* [[Asad Qureshi (field hockey)|Asad Qureshi]]
* [[Mubashir Mukhtar]]
* [[Muhammad Irfan (field hockey, born)|Muhammad Irfan]]
* [[Ejaz Rasool]]
* [[Muhammad Nadeem]]
* [[Anis Ahmed|Muhammad Anis Ahmed]]
* [[Muhammad Sarwar (field hockey)|Muhammad Sarwar]]
* [[Muhammad Khalid]]
* [[Naveed Asim]]
|-
|'''Coach''' {{Fhicon|India}} [[Vasudevan Baskaran|Vasudevan Bhaskaran]]
|'''Coach''' {{Fhicon|Pakistan}} [[Shahnaz Sheikh]]
|}

== Results ==

* ''Pakistan won the series 6-3''

{| class="wikitable"
|+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]]
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+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
|'''Pakista'''n 3-3 (11-10) India
|[[Rawalpindi]]
|-
|5
|24 February
|Pakistan 2-3 '''India'''
|[[Lahore]]
|}

== Matches ==

=== First leg ===
'''Match 1'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=3 February 1999|stadium=[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|score=3 - 4 (AET)|aet=Yes|attendance=15,000|umpires=Hamish Jamson (ENG)
David Gentles (AUS)|goals1=[[Gagan Ajit Singh|Gagan]] {{fhgoal|FG|25|FG|64}} <br /> [[Samir Dad|Dad]] {{fhgoal|FG|52}}|goals2=[[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|10|PC|33}} <br /> [[Muhammad Nadeem|Nadeem]] {{fhgoal|FG|40}} <br /> [[Atif Bashir (field hockey)|Bashir]] {{fhgoal|FG|85}}|report=[https://www.rediff.com/sports/1999/feb/03e.htm Report]}}
'''Match 2'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=5 February 1999|stadium=[[Aishbagh Stadium]], [[Bhopal]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|attendance=12,000|umpires=Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)|score=1 - 4|goals1=[[Gagan Ajit Singh|Gagan]] {{fhgoal|FG|2}}|goals2=[[Naveed Asim|Asim]] {{fhgoal|FG|7}} <br /> [[Muhammd Irfan (field hockey, born)|Irfan]] {{fhgoal|FG|42}} <br /> [[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|64|PC|65}}|report=[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/indopak/1999/indopak99.html Report]}}
'''Match 3'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=8 February 1999|stadium=[[Begumpeth Hockey Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|score=2 - 5|umpires=Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)|goals1=[[Baljit Singh Dhillon|Dhillon]] {{fhgoal|FG|19|PS|59}}|goals2=[[Muhammad Irfan (field hockey, born)|Irfan]] {{fhgoal|FG|4|PC|31}} <br /> [[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|10}} <br /> [[Atif Bashir (field hockey)|Bashir]] {{fhgoal|FG|44|FG|48}}|report=[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/indopak/1999/indopak99.html Report]}}
'''Match 4'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=10 February 1999|stadium=[[Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium]], [[Chennai]]|team1={{fh|India}}|team2={{fh|Pakistan}}|umpires=Hamish Jamson (ENG) David Gentles (AUS)|score=3 - 0|goals1=[[Rajesh Chauhan (field hockey)|Chuahan]] {{fhgoal|FG|3|PC|53}} <br /> [[Baljit Singh Dhillon|Dhillon]] {{fhgoal|FG|18}}|report=[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/indopak/1999/indopak99.html Report]}}

=== Second leg ===
'''Match 1'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=16 February 1999|stadium=[[National Hockey Stadium, Lahore|National Hockey Stadium]], [[Lahore]]|attendance=12,000|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|score=4 - 2|umpires=Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)|goals1=[[Atif Bashir (field hockey)|Bashir]] {{fhgoal|FG|20}} <br /> [[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|25|PC|69}} <br /> [[Muhammad Khalid|Khalid]] {{fhgoal|FG|39}}|goals2=[[Baljit Singh Saini|Saini]] {{fhgoal|PS|50}}<br /> [[Baljit Singh Dhillon|Dhillon]] {{fhgoal|PC|56}}|report=[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/indopak/1999/indopak99.html Report]}}
'''Match 2'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=18 February 1999|stadium=[[Hockey Club of Pakistan]], [[Karachi]]|umpires=Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|score=4 - 2|goals1=[[Atif Bashir (field hockey)|Bashir]] {{fhgoal|FG|10}} <br /> [[Naveed Asim|Asim]] {{fhgoal|FG|17|FG|34}} <br /> [[Muhammad Sarwar (field hockey)|Sarwar]] {{fhgoal|FG|58}}|report=[https://asianstudies.github.io/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1999/20Feb99.html#over Report]|goals2=[[Kamal Horo|Horo]] {{fhgoal|FG|62}} <br /> [[Baljit Singh Dhillon|Dhillon]] {{fhgoal|FG|64}}}}
'''Match 3'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=20 February 1999|stadium=[[Lala Ayub Stadium]], [[Peshawar]]|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|umpires=Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)|score=1 - 2|goals1=[[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|38}}|goals2=[[Baljit Singh Dhillon|Dhillon]] {{fhgoal|FG|13}} <br /> [[Rajesh Chauhan (field hockey)|Chauhan]] {{fhgoal|FG|36}}|attendance=8,000|report=[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/indopak/1999/indopak99.html Report]}}
'''Match 4'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|stadium=[[Army Stadium, Rawalpindi|Army Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]]|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|date=22 February 1999|team2={{fh|India}}|score=3 - 3|aet=Yes|penaltyscore=11-10|goals1=[[Atif Bashir (field hockey)|Bashir]] {{fhgoal|FG|49}} <br /> [[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|66}} <br /> [[Muhammad Khalid|Khalid]] {{fhgoal|FG|67}}|goals2=[[Baljit Singh Dhillon|Dhillon]] {{fhgoal|PC|25|FG|59}} <br /> [[Gagan Ajit Singh|Gagan]] {{fhgoal|PS|69}}|report=[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/indopak/1999/indopak99.html Report]|umpires=Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)|attendance=10,000}}
'''Match 5'''
{{Fieldhockeybox|date=24 February 1999|stadium=[[National Hockey Stadium, Lahore|National Hockey Stadium]], [[Lahore]]|attendance=15,000|team1={{fh|Pakistan}}|team2={{fh|India}}|score=2 - 3|umpires=Poudfoot Garth (RSA) Philip Schellekens (NED)|goals1=[[Sohail Abbas|Abbas]] {{fhgoal|PC|9}} <br /> [[Muhammad Khalid|Khalid]] {{fhgoal|FG|14}}|goals2=[[Dilip Tirkey|Tirkey]] {{fhgoal|PS|37}} <br /> [[Baljit Singh Saini|Saini]] {{fhgoal|PC|53}} <br /> [[Baljit Singh Dhillon|Dhillon]] {{fhgoal|PC|66}}|report=[http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/indopak/1999/indopak99.html Report]}}

== 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
{{Goalscorers|10 goals=*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Sohail Abbas]]|9 goals=*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Baljit Singh Dhillon]]|6 goals=*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Atif Bashir (field hockey)|Atif Bashir]]|4 goals=*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Gagan Ajit Singh]]|3 goals=*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Naveed Asim]]
*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Ramesh Chauhan (field hockey)|Ramesh Chauhan]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Irfan (field hockey, born)|Muhammd Irfan]] 
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Khalid]]|2 goals=*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Baljit Singh Saini]]|1 goal=*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Sameer Dad]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Nadeem]]
*{{fhicon|PAK}} [[Muhammad Sarwar (field hockey)|Muhammad Sarwar]]
*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Kamal Horo]]
*{{fhicon|IND}} [[Dilip Tirkey]]}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}



[[Category:India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry]]
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[[Category:1999 in Indian sport]]