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Asia Cup
The ACC Asia Cup is a men's One Day International & Twenty20
ACC Asia Cup
International cricket tournament. It was established in 1983 when the Asian
Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian
countries. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years.

The first Asia cup was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates
where the council's offices were based (until 1995). India boycotted the 1986
tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka. Pakistan
boycotted the 1990–91 tournament due to strained political relations with
India. The 1993 tournament was cancelled due to strained political relations
between India and Pakistan. The ACC has announced that the tournament will
be held biennially from 2008 onwards.[3] The ICC has ruled that all games
played in the Asia Cup have official ODI status.
Logo of the ACC Asia Cup
After downsizing the Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the Administrator
ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 will be played on a rotation basis between Asian Cricket
One Day International and Twenty20 International format, on the basis of Council
format of upcoming world events.[4] As a result, the 2016 event was the first
Format One Day
event played in the T20I format and functioned as a preparatory tournament
International
ahead of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
Twenty20
India and Sri Lanka are the most successful teams in the ODI format of the International
tournament having won the cup five times each. Pakistan has also won the ODI First 1984
tournament two times. India is the most successful team in the T20I format tournament
having won the inaugural (only) version in 2016. India is the most successful
Last 2016
team in the tournament having won it six times (five times in ODI format and
tournament
once in the T20 format).
Next 2020
tournament
Tournament Round-robin
Contents format tournament
History Number of ACC member
1984–1988 teams nations
1990–1997
2000–2010 Current India
2012–2014 champion
2016 Most India (6 titles)
2018 successful
Results history Most runs Sanath
Results
Jayasuriya (1220)[1]
Results summary
ODIs Most wickets Lasith Malinga
T20Is (33)[2]

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See also Website Official website (htt

References p://www.asiancricke
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History 2018 Asia Cup

1984–1988
The first edition of the Rothmans Asia Cup was held in 1984[5][6][7][8] in Sharjah, UAE, the location of the headquarters of
the newly formed Asian Cricket Council. The tournament was a round-robin tournament among India, Sri Lanka and
Pakistan. The first match was between Pakistan and the new ICC member Sri Lanka. India won this tournament with two
victories, Sri Lanka were the runners up in the tournament with a single victory over Pakistan, while Pakistan went home
without winning any of its two games.[7][8][9]

Sri Lanka was the host for the second edition in 1986. India pulled out of the tournament due to soured cricketing
relations with Sri Lanka after a controversial series in Sri Lanka the previous year.[10] Bangladesh was included for the first
time. Sri Lanka won the tournament beating Pakistan in the final.

The third edition, in 1988, was held in Bangladesh, the first time a multi-national cricket tournament was held there. In
the final, India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win their second Asia Cup.

1990–1997
The fourth edition of the tournament was held in India in 1990–91. Pakistan had pulled out of the tournament due to
strained political relations with India. India retained the Asia Cup defeating Sri Lanka in the final.

In 1993, the tournament was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan.

The fifth edition, in 1995, took the series back to Sharjah, UAE after 11 years. India and Sri Lanka made it to the final by
virtue of better run rate than Pakistan as all three teams had equal points after the preliminary round. For the third
successive time, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final.

The sixth edition was held in Sri Lanka in 1997. Sri Lanka beat India in the final by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup.

2000–2010
The seventh edition took place in Bangladesh for the second time in 2000. Pakistan and Sri Lanka made it to the final
while India only won one match against Bangladesh and did not qualify for the final for the first time. In the final, Pakistan
beat Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cup for the first time. Yousuf Youhana was the player of the Tournament.

The eighth edition took place in Sri Lanka in 2004. There was a change in the tournament format as UAE and Hong Kong
were also included for the first time and the tournament was now divided into three stages – the Group Stage, Super
Fours and the final. The group stage was divided into two groups of 3 teams, each playing each other once. The top two
teams from each group qualified for the Super Four stage where they played each other again once. The top two teams in
the Super Four stage then qualified for the final. Hosts Sri Lanka, India and UAE were placed in Group A while the then
defending champions Pakistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong were placed in Group B. UAE and Hong Kong were knocked
out in the group stage. Bangladesh had the distinction of reaching the second stage in a major tournament for the first

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time, but played poorly in the Super Fours and got eliminated. India and Sri Lanka topped the Super Four stage and
reached the final. In the final, Sri Lanka defeated India by 25 runs to win the Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasuriya was the player of
the Tournament.

The ninth edition of the Asia Cup was held in Pakistan. Once again, the 2004 format was retained. The tournament started
on 24 June 2008 and the Final was held on 6 July 2008.[11] Sri Lanka topped Group A and qualified for the second phase
along with Bangladesh. In Group B, India came out on top and entered the Super Fours along with Pakistan in second
place. Sri Lanka and India topped the Super Four stage and entered the final. Sri Lanka beat India in the final comfortably
winning their fourth Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasuriya scored a quick 125 off 114 balls to rescue Sri Lanka from 66/4 earlier on
when the top order collapsed. Sri Lanka's new mystery spinner, Ajantha Mendis, took 6/13 bowling Sri Lanka to a 100 run
victory. He also was adjudged as the Player of the Tournament.

The tenth edition was held in Sri Lanka, between 15–24 June 2010 hosting the Asia Cup for the fourth time. It only
featured the four Test playing Asian nations, and seven matches were played in all (including the final). Sri Lanka and
India topped the group stages and entered the final. In the final, India beat Sri Lanka comfortably to become champions
for the fifth time, winning the tournament for first time in 15 years.[12] Shahid Afridi was the Player of the Tournament.

2012–2014
The eleventh edition of Asia Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Pakistan and Bangladesh
qualified to play in the final of the eleventh edition, Bangladesh had beaten India and Sri Lanka to book its place in the
final for the first time in the history of the tournament. Pakistan beat Bangladesh after a thrilling final over, winning their
second Asia Cup.[13] Shakib Al Hasan was adjudged the Player of the Tournament.Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th
international century in this tournament.

The twelfth edition was held in Dhaka and Fatullah, Bangladesh from 25 February to 8 March 2014. The tournament
consisted of five teams with Afghanistan in it for the first time since its inception in 1984. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 5
wickets in the final to win the Asia Cup for the fifth time. Lahiru Thirimanne was adjudged the Player of the tournament
scoring 279 runs.

2016
After the Asian Cricket Council was downsized by the ICC in 2015, it was announced that Asia Cup tournaments will be
played on rotation basis in ODI and T20I format.[4][14][15] As a result, 2016 events was the first tournament in T20I format
and was played between five teams just ahead of 2016 ICC World Twenty20. The 2016 edition of the Asia Cup tournament
was held in Bangladesh for the third consecutive time from 24 February to 6 March. The final was held on 6 March 2016.
India won the final by beating Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium situated in
Mirpur locality, Dhaka, Bangladesh, M.S. Dhoni proved his effectiveness once again by smashing a couple of boundaries
towards the end and putting a halt to the Bengali Campaign. It is for the sixth time that India won the Asia cup title in
2016. Shikhar Dhawan of India was the man of the match for his 60 runs. Sabbir Rahman of Bangladesh was the player of
the series.

India won all of its matches played in Asia Cup 2016 beating Bangladesh 2 times, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and UAE. Virat Kohli
showed his maturity in the game against Pakistan; India was reeling at 8 runs for the loss of 3 wickets while chasing and
the opposition started to believe that they were still in the game while defending a sub par total, only for Virat Kohli to
come in and send the ball all over the ground and completely take away the game from them.

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2018
On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council meeting in Singapore, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur stated that
the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. It will follow the ODI format.[16] However, in April 2018, the
tournament was moved to the United Arab Emirates, due to political tensions between India and Pakistan.[17]

Results history

Results

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Host Final
Year Format Final Venue
Nation Winner Result Runner-up
Sharjah CA India won the Sri Lanka
1984 India
ODI United Arab Stadium, tournament 2–
Details
Sharjah 0 2–1[7]
Emirates
Sri Lanka won
Sri by 5 wickets
Sinhalese
(scorecard) (http://
1986 Sports Club Lanka Pakistan
ODI www.cricketarchiv
Details Sri Lanka Ground, 195/5 (42.2 191/9 (45 overs)
e.co.uk/Archive/Sc
Colombo overs)
orecards/47/4703
9.html)

India won by 6
wickets
Bangabandhu India (scorecard) (http://
1988 National Sri Lanka
ODI 180/4 (37.1 www.cricketarchiv
Details Bangladesh Stadium, 176 (43.5 overs)
overs) e.co.uk/Archive/Sc
Dhaka
orecards/50/5059
4.html)

India won by 7
wickets
India (scorecard) (http://
1990/91 Eden Gardens, Sri Lanka
ODI 205/3 (42.1 www.cricketarchiv
Details India Calcutta 204/9 (45 overs)
overs) e.co.uk/Archive/Sc
orecards/53/5382
0.html)

India won by 8
wickets
Sharjah CA India (scorecard) (http://
1995 Sri Lanka
ODI United Arab Stadium, 233/2 (41.5 www.cricketarchiv
Details 230/7 (50 overs)
Emirates Sharjah overs) e.co.uk/Archive/Sc
orecards/60/6035
0.html)

Sri Lanka won

Sri by 8 wickets
R. Premadasa (scorecard) (http://
India
1997 Lanka
ODI Stadium, www.cricketarchiv
Details Sri Lanka 240/2 (36.5 239/7 (50 overs)
Colombo e.co.uk/Archive/Sc
overs)
orecards/64/6438
4.html)

Pakistan won
by 39 runs
(scorecard) (http://
usa.cricinfo.com/li
Bangabandhu
nk_to_database/A
2000 National Pakistan Sri Lanka
ODI RCHIVE/1999-200
Details Bangladesh Stadium, 277/4 (50 238 (45.2 overs)
0/OD_TOURNEY
Dhaka overs)
S/ASIA/SCORECA
RDS/PAK_SL_ASI
A_ODI-FINAL_07J
UN2000.html)

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Host Final
Year Format Final Venue
Nation Winner Result Runner-up
Sri Lanka won
Sri by 25 runs
R. Premadasa India
2004 Lanka (scorecard) (http://
ODI Stadium,
Details Sri Lanka 228/9 (50 content.cricinfo.co 203/9 (50 overs)
Colombo
overs) m/ci/engine/match/
65718.html)

Sri Lanka won

Sri by 100 runs
National (scorecard) (http://
India
2008 Lanka
ODI Stadium, content.cricinfo.co
Details Pakistan 273 (49.5 173 (39.3 overs)
Karachi m/asiacup/engine/
overs)
match/335358.htm
l)

India won by
Rangiri 81 runs
Dambulla India (scorecard) (http://
2010 Sri Lanka
ODI International 268/6 (50 www.cricinfo.com/
Details Sri Lanka 187 (44.4 overs)
Stadium, overs) asia2010/engine/c
Dambulla urrent/match/4552
37.html)

Pakistan won
by 2 runs
Sher-e-Bangla
(scorecard) (http://
2012 National Pakistan
ODI www.espncricinfo. Bangladesh
Details Bangladesh Stadium, 236/9 (50
com/asia-cup-201 234/8 (50 overs)
Mirpur overs)
2/engine/current/m
atch/535800.html)

Sri Lanka won

Sri by 5 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla
(scorecard) (http://
2014 National Lanka Pakistan
ODI www.espncricinfo.
Details Bangladesh Stadium, 261/5 (46.2 260/5 (50 overs)
com/asia-cup-201
Mirpur overs)
4/engine/match/71
0311.html)

India won by 8
wickets
Sher-e-Bangla India (scorecard) (http://
2016 National
T20I 122/2 (13.5 www.espncricinfo. Bangladesh
Details Bangladesh Stadium,
overs) com/asia-cup-201 120/5 (15 overs)
Mirpur
5-16/engine/matc
h/966765.html)

Dubai (scorecard) (htt

International p://www.espncri
2018
ODI United Arab Cricket cinfo.com/ci/en
Details
Emirates Stadium, gine/match/115
Dubai 3255.html)

Results summary

ODIs
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The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past Asia Cup ODI tournaments.[18]

Appearances Best Statistics

Team
Total First Latest result Played Won Lost Tie NR Win%
Champions
Sri (1986, 1997,
13 1984 2018 50 34 16 0 0 68.00
Lanka 2004, 2008,
2014)

Champions
(1984, 1988,
India 12 1984 2018 48 30 16 1 1 64.89
1990–91,
1995, 2010)

Champions
12 1984 2018 45 26 18 0 1 59.09
Pakistan (2000, 2012)

Runners-up
12 1986 2018 42 7 35 0 0 16.66
Bangladesh (2012)

Super Four
2 2014 2018 9 3 5 1 0 38.88
Afghanistan (2018)

Group
Hong
3 2004 2018 stage (2004, 6 0 6 0 0 0.00
Kong 2008, 2018)

United Group
Arab 2 2004 2008 stage (2004, 4 0 4 0 0 0.00
Emirates 2008)

T20Is
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the solitary Asia Cup T20I tournament.[19]

Appearances Best Statistics

Team
Total First Latest result Played Won Lost Tie NR Win%

India Champions
1 2016 2016 5 5 0 0 0 100.00
(2016)

Runners-up
1 2016 2016 5 3 2 0 0 60.00
Bangladesh (2016)

Group
1 2016 2016 4 2 2 0 0 50.00
Pakistan stage (2016)

United
Group
Arab 1 2016 2016 7 3 4 0 0 42.85
stage (2016)
Emirates
Sri Group
1 2016 2016 4 1 3 0 0 25.00
Lanka stage (2016)

Qualifiers
1 2016 2016 3 2 1 0 0 66.66
Afghanistan (2016)

Qualifiers
Oman 1 2016 2016 3 1 2 0 0 33.33
(2016)

Hong Qualifiers
1 2016 2016 3 0 3 0 0 0.00
Kong (2016)

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See also
Asian Test Championship
List of Asia Cup records and statistics (ODIs)
List of Asia Cup records and statistics (T20Is)
Women's Asia Cup

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External links
Asia Cup Records (http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/index.html?id=14;type=trophy) at ESPNcricinfo

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