2006 India–Pakistan field hockey test series

April 2025 April 2025 2006 India-Pakistan field hockey test series PAK Pakistan won the series 3–1 Chandigarh, Jalandhar Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi 5 in 5 host cities 6 PAK Tariq Aziz 4 21 2004 17 February 2006 – 26 February 2006 2004 India-Pakistan field hockey test series The 2006 Indo-Pak series (known as the Airtel Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the 8th series of bilateral field hockey matches between Pakistan and India. The six match series was played over two legs on home and away basis with three matches hosted in each country from 17 February to 2006 to 26 February 2006.2006-02-16 Pakistan hockey team arrives in India https://www.dawn.com/news/178918/pakistan-hockey-team-arrives-in-india 2021-03-22 DAWN.COM en Pakistan won the series 3–1. Pakistan won their fourth consecutive and overall sixth series against India.Pakistan win hockey series 3-0 https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/feb/20hock.htm 2021-03-22 www.rediff.com2006-02-27 Hockey Series: Pakistan let India off the hook in final Test https://www.dawn.com/news/180640/hockey-series-pakistan-let-india-off-the-hook-in-final-test 2021-03-22 DAWN.COM en This was the first time India did not lose the away leg of the series and remained unbeaten in Pakistan.Monthly Bulletin http://www.bharatiyahockey.org/calendar/calbulletins.asp?year=2020&mon=jan&bkmark=Photo 2021-03-22 www.bharatiyahockey.org Background Prior to the start of the series Pakistan had won five out of seven bilateral series where as India won one and one was drawn. The two teams had met in December last year earlier in Chennai at the 2005 Champions Trophy with India winning 2–3. Both teams participated in a 4-Nations tournament in Netherlands month before that but did not face each other Pakistan won the tournament defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Venues MatchLocationVenueDate FirstChandigarh, India Sector 42 Hockey Stadium 17 February SecondChandigarh, IndiaSector 42 Hockey Stadium18 FebruaryThirdJalandhar, India Surjit Singh Stadium20 FebruaryFourthLahore, PakistanNational Hockey Stadium22 FebruaryFifthFaisalabad, Pakistan Faisalabad Hockey Stadium24 FebruarySixthRawalpindi, PakistanArmy Hockey Stadium26 February Squads India announced its squad on 2 February 2006. India named a rather young squad leaving out many veteran players like Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur, captain Dileep Tirkey, Viren Rasquinha and Prabhjot Singh.Rajinder retained India coach https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/feb/02hock1.htm 2021-03-22 www.rediff.com The Pakistan squad was announced on 8 February 2006.Pakistan name hockey squad for India series https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/feb/08hock.htm 2021-03-22 www.rediff.com The team was announced by Chief Selector Akhtar Rasool after the two days trials in Islamabad. Muhmmad Saqlain was named as captain despite his ill disciplinary record recently. +India IndiaPakistan Pakistan Bharat Kumar Chetri Adrian D'Souza Kanwalpreet Singh Harpal Singh V. R. Raghunath V. S. Vinaya Vikram Pillay Ignace Tirkey (C) Prabodh Tirkey Sandeep Singh Rajpal Singh Deedar Singh Sardara Singh Tushar Khandker Tijbir Singh Arjun Halappa Adam Sinclair Shivendra Singh Hari Prasad Muhammad Saqlain (C) Salman Akbar Nasir Ahmed Zeeshan Ashraf Muhammad Imran Imran Warsi Imran Khan Dilawar Bhatti Adnan Maqsood Sajjad Anwar Rehan Butt Mudassar Ali Khan Shakeel Abbasi Tariq Aziz Shabbir Hussain Adnan Zakir Mudassar Khan Waqas Sharif Shabbir Khan Muhmmad ZubairCoach India Rajinder Singh Jr.Coach Pakistan Asif Bajwa Results Pakistan won the series 3–1. +First legMatchDateScoreLocation117 FebruaryIndia 1–2 PakistanChandigarh218 FebruaryIndia 1–3 PakistanChandigarh320 FebruaryIndia 1–2 PakistanJalandhar +Second legMatchDateScoreLocation122 FebruaryPakistan 1–1 IndiaLahore224 FebruaryPakistan 1–2 IndiaFaisalabad326 FebruaryPakistan 3–3 IndiaRawalpindi Matches First leg Match 117 February 2006 Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh IND PAK 1–2 Khandekar FG 62 Aziz FG 15 Abbasi FG 56 Report Match 218 February 2006 Sector 42 Hockey Stadium, Chandigarh IND PAK 1–3 Sandeep PC 44 Butt FG 41 FG 68 Aziz FG 59 Report Match 320 February 2006 Surjit Hockey Stadium, Jalandhar 1–2 IND PAK Tajbir FG 26 Aziz FG 16 Saqlain FG 30 Report Second leg Match 122 February 2006 National Hockey Stadium, Lahore PAK IND 1–1 Imran PC 16 Tajbir FG 65 Report Match 224 February 2006 PAK IND 1–2 Faisalabad Hockey Stadium, Faisalabad Warsi PC 28 Rajpal FG 53 Kanwalpreet FG 56 Report Match 326 February 2006 Army Hockey Stadium, Rawalpindi PAK IND 3–3 Aziz FG 4 Saqlain FG 11 Shabbir FG 44 Sandeep PC 54 Tajbir FG 60 Pillay FG 67 Report Statistics +TeamPWDLGFGAGDPakistan Pakistan6321129 +3India India6123912 -3 Goalscorers There were 21 goals scored in 6 matches for an average of 3.5 goals per match. *IND Tajbir Singh *PAK Shakeel Abbasi IND Tushar Khandekar PAK Muhammad Imran IND Rajpal Singh IND Kanwalpreet Singh PAK Imran Warsi PAK Shabbir Khan IND Vikram Pillay *PAK Rehan Butt PAK Muhammad Saqlain IND Sandeep Singh *PAK Tariq Aziz References Category:2006 in field hockey field hockey Category:2006 in Pakistani sport 2006 2006 Category:February 2006 sports events in Asia Category:India–Pakistan field hockey rivalry Category:Sport in Chandigarh Category:Sport in Jalandhar Category:Sport in Lahore Category:Sport in Faisalabad Category:Sport in Rawalpindi Category:Bharti Airtel