Pakistani cricket team in India in 2012–13

The Pakistan cricket team toured India from 25 December 2012 to 6 January 2013. The tour consisted of three One Day International, and two Twenty20 International matches.^[1] This was Pakistan's first cricket tour of India in five years.^[2] Several photography agencies, including Getty Images, have been barred from taking pictures following a dispute with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The Twenty20 series was drawn 1–1; Pakistan won the ODI series 2–1. As of 2025, this is the last bilateral series to have taken place between the two nations.

Pakistan cricket team in India in 2012–13
	India	Pakistan
Dates	25 December 2012 – 6 January 2013
Captains	MS Dhoni	Misbah-ul-Haq (ODI) Mohammad Hafeez (T20)
One Day International series
Results	Pakistan won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	MS Dhoni (203)	Nasir Jamshed (241)
Most wickets	Ishant Sharma (7)	Saeed Ajmal (8) Junaid Khan (8)
Player of the series	Nasir Jamshed (Pak)
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Yuvraj Singh (82)	Mohammad Hafeez (116)
Most wickets	Ashok Dinda (4) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4)	Umar Gul (7)
Player of the series	Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)

Squads

One Day Internationals		Twenty20 Internationals
India[3]	Pakistan[4]	India[5]	Pakistan[6]
MS Dhoni (c, wk) Virender Sehwag Gautam Gambhir Virat Kohli Yuvraj Singh Rohit Sharma Suresh Raina Ravindra Jadeja Ravichandran Ashwin Ishant Sharma Ajinkya Rahane Ashok Dinda Bhuvneshwar Kumar Mohammed Shami Amit Mishra	Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Nasir Jamshed Mohammad Hafeez Younus Khan Kamran Akmal (wk) Shoaib Malik 1 Haris Sohail Umar Akmal Saeed Ajmal Wahab Riaz Junaid Khan Umar Gul Imran Farhat Azhar Ali Mohammad Irfan 1 Anwar Ali Zulfiqar Babar	MS Dhoni (c, wk) Gautam Gambhir Ajinkya Rahane Yuvraj Singh Rohit Sharma Suresh Raina Virat Kohli Ravindra Jadeja Ravichandran Ashwin Ashok Dinda Ishant Sharma Bhuvneshwar Kumar Parvinder Awana Piyush Chawla Ambati Rayudu	Mohammad Hafeez (c) Shahid Afridi Nasir Jamshed Kamran Akmal (wk) Ahmed Shehzad Asad Ali Umar Akmal Shoaib Malik Saeed Ajmal Mohammad Irfan Sohail Tanvir Umar Gul Junaid Khan Zulfiqar Babar Umar Amin

¹ Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Irfan were retained in the ODI squad on the basis of performing well in T20I series.

T20I series

1st T20I

25 December 2012 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

India  133/9 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 134/5 (19.4 overs)
Gautam Gambhir 43 (41) Umar Gul 3/21 (3 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 61 (44) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/9 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: S. Ravi (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl.
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) and Mohammad Irfan (Pakistan) made their Twenty20 International debuts.
• Mohammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik added together 106 runs and made the highest 4th wicket partnership breaking the previous record of 101 runs set by Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan in 2007 World Twenty20 against Sri Lanka.

This was Pakistan's first win against India in Twenty20 International.

2nd T20I

28 December 2012 17:00 (D/N) Scorecard

India  192/5 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 181/7 (20 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 72 (36) Umar Gul 4/37 (4 overs)		Mohammad Hafeez 55 (26) Ashok Dinda 3/36 (4 overs)

India won by 11 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Gautam Gambhir and Ashok Dinda played their lastTwenty20 International.

ODI series

1st ODI

30 December 2012 14:00 Scorecard

India  227/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 228/4 (48.1 overs)
MS Dhoni 113* (125) Junaid Khan 4/43 (9 overs)		Nasir Jamshed 101* (132) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/27 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: S. Ravi (Ind) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
• Match start delayed due to wet field conditions
• ODI debut : Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Ind)

2nd ODI

3 January 2013 12:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  250 (48.3 overs)	v	India 165 (48 overs)
Nasir Jamshed 106 (124) Ishant Sharma 3/34 (9.3 overs)		MS Dhoni 54* (89) Saeed Ajmal 3/20 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 85 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Vineet Kulkarni (Ind) Player of the match: Nasir Jamshed (Pak)

• India won the toss and elected to field
• This was Virender Sehwag's last ODI match.

3rd ODI

6 January 2013 12:00 (D/N) Scorecard

India  167 (43.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 157 (48.4 overs)
MS Dhoni 36 (55) Saeed Ajmal 5/24 (9.4 overs)		Misbah-ul-Haq 39 (82) Ishant Sharma 3/36 (9.5 overs)

India won by 10 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Umpires: Sudhir Asnani (Ind) and Billy Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat
• ODI debut : Mohammed Shami

Broadcasters

Country	TV Broadcaster(s)
Australia	Fox Sports
United Kingdom	Sky Sports
Pakistan	PTV Sports
India	STAR Cricket
South Africa	SuperSport