India and Pakistan have played test series from 1978 to 2006 as part of their long standing rivalry in field hockey.
[citation needed] Indo-Pak test series of field hockey was expected to restart from 2013 as declared by Hockey India.
[2] In 2004 test series both India and Pakistan used a foreign coach for the first time.
[citation needed] Out of eight test series played between the two teams, Pakistan have won on six occasions and India once.
[3] Test series between India and Pakistan:[4] This series was of 4 matches out of which Pakistan won 3 and India won 1 and 0 were drawn.
In this test series both India and Pakistan used a foreign coach for the first time.