Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin Indo-Pakistan na 1965 da kuma Yaƙin 1971 na gaba
ya dakatar da wasannin tsakanin bangarorin biyu wanda ya kasance har zuwa 1978, lokacin da Indiya ta ziyarci Pakistan kuma wasan kurket tsakanin kasashen biyu ya ci gaba na ɗan gajeren lokaci. A cikin lokacin bayan 1971, siyasa ta zama wani abu kai tsaye a cikin gudanar da wasannin cricket. Indiya ta dakatar da alakar wasan kurket tare da Pakistan sau da yawa bayan hare-haren ta'addanci ko wasu tashin hankali. Sake dawo da alaƙar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin 1978 ya zo tare da fitowar shugabannin gwamnatoci a duka Indiya da Pakistan waɗanda ba su da alaƙa kai tsaye da yaƙin 1971 kuma sun yi daidai da ayyukansu na yau da kullun don daidaita alaƙar biyu. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan wani lokaci na tashin hankali a lokacin wasannin yaƙi na Brasstacks, an gayyaci shugaban Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq don kallon gwajin Indiya da Pakistan da ake yi a cikin garin Jaipur na Indiya. Wannan nau'i na diplomasiyya na cricket ya faru sau da yawa. Pakistan ta ziyarci Indiya a 1979, amma an soke yawon shakatawa na Indiya a Pakistan a 1984 a tsakiyar jerin saboda kisan gillar Firayim Ministan Indiya Indira Gandhi.