Record-pursuing penalty corner striker Sohail Abbas scored two goals as Pakistan held India 4-4 in the fourth Test match of the eight-match hockey series here on Friday.
The 28-year-old striker has now to score three more goals to break the record of Dutchman Paul Litjens who holds the world record of 267 goals in 177 matches.
Pakistan's Rehan Butt broke even with India just three minutes before the close of play as the guests held sway in most of the second half in a match watched by a crowd of around 25,000.
Pakistan's other goal came from Akhtar Ali while India scored through Vikram Pillay, Sandeep Singh, Arjun Halappa and Ignace Tirkey in a match that exhibited some slick moves and goals.
The series, the first between the arch-rivals since 1999, is led by Pakistan by two matches to one with the next leg of four matches scheduled to be played in India between October 4-10.
Pakistan won the first match in the southern port city of Karachi by 2-1 but India staged a comeback to take the second match by 4-1 at Quetta.
Pakistan won the third match at Peshawar by 3-2.
Pakistan opened through their first penalty corner when Abbas's rasping push hit the net in the 14th minute.
India, who missed their first penalty corner, came level when 'Man-of--the-Match' Halappa's try was rebounded to Pillay who secured India's equaliser in the 16th minute.
Both teams were locked at 1-1 at half-time.
Right winger Halappa exposed the weak Pakistani defence with swift moves and earned India their third penalty corner in the 40th minute from which Sandeep Singh scored to give India a 2-1 advantage.
Just three minutes later, Abbas fired his 265th goal in his 215th match to again restoring the home team level terms.
Halappa once again caught the Pakistan defence napping and from the top of the circle put his team into the lead in the 50th minute and then gave a golden back pass to Ignace Tirkey who scored India's fourth goal in the 52nd minute.
Egged on by a vocal crowd, Pakistan unleashed an assault on the Indian goal and Ali scored the third off Pakistan's third penalty corner in the 58th minute and with three minutes left for play Butt slotted home the fourth off a rebound from the fourth penalty corner.
The Indian leg will comprise matches in New Delhi (October 4), Chandigarh (October 6), Amritsar (October 8) and Hyderabad (October 10).
India agreed to revive the bilateral hockey series last year amid a thaw in relations.
The bilateral series held in 1998 and 1999 was put on hold due to tensions between the two nuclear rivals over the disputed Himalayan state of Kashmir.
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