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Pakistan government has decided to send their cricket team to participate in the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023 despite having security concerns as they have decided to not mix sports with politics. Pakistan have been part of 1987, 1996 & 2011 ODI World Cup events where India was also one of the co-host and in this 2023 WC edition, Pakistan will be playing all their matches in the India subcontinent. 

Here, in this article we will see how Pakistan have performed in ODIs on Indian soil in the past. 

Pakistan's ODI results on Indian soil:
Played - 45
Won - 26
Lost - 19

Pakistan's ODI series results on Indian soil:
Lost 0-2 (2) vs India in 1983 - Bilateral Series
Won 5-1 (6) vs India in 1987 - Bilateral Series 
Won MRF World Series (Nehru Cup) Trophy in 1989
Lost Quarter-final match to India by 39 runs in 1996 WC
Runners-up in Pepsi Independence Cup 1997
Won Pepsi Cup in 1999
Won against India by 6 wickets in one-off ODI game in 2004 
Won 4-2 (6) vs India in 2005 - Bilateral Series
Group Stage exit in CT 2006
Lost 2-3 (5) vs India in 2007 - Bilateral Series
Lost Semi-final match to India by 29 runs in 2011 WC
Won 2-1 (3) vs India in 2012/13 - Bilateral Series

Pakistan in MRF World Series (Nehru Cup) 1989:
Lost to England by 4 wickets in Cuttack (Group Stage) 
Beat Australia by 66 runs in Mumbai-BS (Group Stage)
Lost to West Indies by 6 wickets in Jalandhar (Group Stage)
Beat Sri Lanka by 6 runs in Lucknow (Group Stage)
Beat India by 77 runs in Kolkata (Group Stage)
Beat England by 6 wickets in Nagpur (Semi-finals)
Beat West Indies by 4 wickets in Kolkata (Final)

Note: Total of six teams (PAK, SL, IND, ENG, WI, AUS) participated in MRP World Series (Nehru Cup), 1989 with each team playing against five other sides in group stage.

Pakistan in Pepsi Independence Cup 1997:
Lost to New Zealand by 22 runs in Mohali (Group Stage)
Beat Sri Lanka by 30 runs in Gwalior (Group Stage)
Beat India by 35 runs in Chennai (Group Stage)
Lost to Sri Lanka by 115 runs in Mohali (1st Finals)
Lost to Sri Lanka by 85 runs in Kolkata (2nd Finals)

Note:
Total of four teams (PAK, NZ, SL, IND) participated in Pepsi Independence Cup 1997.

Pakistan in Pepsi Cup 1999:
Beat Sri Lanka by 9 runs in Jamshedpur (Group Stage)
Beat India by 143 runs in Jaipur (Group Stage)
Lost to Sri Lanka by 12 runs in Visakhapatnam (Group Stage)
Beat India by 7 wickets in Mohali (Group Stage)
Beat India by 123 runs in Bengaluru (Final)

Note:
Pepsi Cup 1999 was a tri-series between India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Pakistan in ICC Champions Trophy 2006:
Beat Sri Lanka by 4 wickets in Jaipur (Group Stage)
Lost to New Zealand by 51 runs in Mohali (Group Stage)
Lost to South Africa by 124 runs in Mohali (Group Stage)

Pakistan in bilateral ODI Series against India in India:
Lost by 4 wickets in Hyderabad, 1983
Lost by 4 wickets in Jaipur, 1983

Won by 3 wickets in Indore, 1987
Won by 2 wickets in Kolkata, 1987
Lost by wickets margin (tied) in Hyderabad, 1987
Won by 6 wickets in Pune, 1987
Won by 41 runs in Nagpur, 1987
Won by 5 wickets in Jamshedpur, 1987

Lost by 87 runs in Kochi, 2005
Lost by 58 runs in Visakhapatnam, 2005
Won by 106 runs in Jamshedpur, 2005
Won by 3 wickets in Ahmedabad, 2005
Won by 5 wickets in Kanpur, 2005
Won by 159 runs in Delhi, 2005

Lost by 5 wickets in Guwahati, 2007
Won by 4 wickets in Mohali, 2007
Lost by 46 runs in Kanpur, 2007
Lost by 6 wickets in Gwalior, 2007
Won by 31 runs in Jaipur, 2007

Won by 6 wickets in Chennai, 2012
Won by 85 runs in Kolkata, 2013
Lost by 10 runs in Delhi, 2013