When India held Indian Premier League, Cricket players from all over the world were chosen into different teams of IPL and players of different nationalities played together in different of IPL.

Later due to tensions, the Pakistani government banned streaming of Indian Premier League (IPL) in its nation while their leauge air in India, IPL also banned Pakistani player from the leauge from 2008, after Mumbai terrorist attacks.

Often players from the teams routinely face intense pressure to win and are threatened by extreme reactions in defeat.

When any of the country lost a match, extreme fan reactions to defeats in key matches have been recorded, with a limited degree of hooliganism.

At the same time, India–Pakistan matches have also offered opportunities for cricket diplomacy as a means to improve relations between the two countries by allowing heads of state to exchange visits and cricket followers from either country to travel to the other to watch the matches.