History
The ACC Asia Cup is an international Men's ODI Cricket Tournament established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian Countries and the first tournament was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the UAE here the Council's offices were based(until 1995).
The ICC has ruled that all games played for the Asia Cup have official ODI status.
Asia Cup was originally scheduled to be held every two years.However,in 2008 the ACC have announced that the tournament will be held biennially from 2008 onwards.
Current Champion and the most successful
India is the current champion and the most successful with 5 wins.
India's Paricipation in Asia Cup
India appeared in every Cup apart from the 1986 (India pulled out due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka), 1993 (when it was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan) and 2000 cups.
Asia Cup Results
S.No | Year | Host Country | Winner | Runner-Up |
1 | 1984 | Sharjah,UAE | India | Sri Lanka |
2 | 1986 | Colombo,Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | Pakistan |
3 | 1988 | Dhaka,Bangladesh | India | Sri Lanka |
4 | 1990-91 | Kolkatta,India | India | Sri Lanka |
5 | 1993 | Tournament was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan. | ||
6 | 1995 | Sharjah,UAE | India | Sri Lanka |
7 | 1997 | Colombo,Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | |
8 | 2000 | Dhaka,Bangladesh | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
9 | 2004 | Colombo,Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | India |
10 | 2008 | Karachi,Pakistan | Sri Lanka | India |
11 | 2010 | Dambulla,Sri Lanka | India | Sri Lanka |
12 | 2012 | Dhaka,Bangladesh | Pakistan | Bangladesh |
2012 Asia Cup - Dhaka,Bangladesh March 12-22,2012
India squad: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Manoj Tiwary, R Ashwin, Praveen Kumar, Vinay Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Yusuf Pathan. Irfan Pathan, Ashok Dinda
2012 Asia Cup Schedule
Match 1 - on Sunday March 11,2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Pakistan Scored 262/8 in 50 Overs
Top Scorers for Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez 89
Nasir Jamshed 54
Umar Gul 39
Wickets Takers for Bangladesh
Shahadat Hossain 3-53
Shakib Al Hasan 2-41
| Mashrafe Mortaza 1-55 |
Bangladesh Scored 241/10 in 48.1 Overs
Top Scorers for Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal 64
Shakib Al Hasan 64
Nasir Hossain 47
Wickets Takers for Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez 2-40
Umar Gul 3-58
Saeed Ajmal 2-45
| Aizaz Cheema 1-47 |
Pakistan beats Bangladesh by 21 Runs
Match 2 - on Tuesday March 13,2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
India Scored 304/3 in 50 Overs
Top Scorers for India
Gautam Gambhir 100(10th ODI Century)
Virat Kohli 108(10th ODI Century)
M S Dhoni 46 Not Out
Suresh Raina 30 Not Out
Wicket Takers for Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Scored 254/10 in 45.1 Overs
Top Scorers for Sri Lanka
| Mahela Jayawardena 78 |
| Kumar Sangakkara 65 |
Top Wicket Takers for India
Irfan Pathan 4-32
Vinay Kumar 3-55
Ravichandran Ashwin 3-39
India beats Sri Lanka by 50 Runs
Man of the match - Virat Kohli
Kohli became the 9th Indian player to make 1,000 runs or more against Sri Lanka in ODIs - 1090 at 51.90 in 25 ODIs.
He has joined Sachin Tendulkar (3113), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (1906), Mohammad Azharuddin (1834), Rahul Dravid (1662), Virender Sehwag (1551), Sourav Ganguly (1534), Gautam Gambhir (1410) and Yuvraj Singh (1393).
Kohli became the first Indian batsman to hit back to back centuries twice in ODIs -
1)118 vs Australia at Visakhapatnam on October 20, 2010 & 105 vs New Zealand at Guwahati on November 28, 2010
2)133 not out at Hobart on February 28, 2012 and 108 at Mirpur, Dhaka on March 13, 2012 - both against Sri Lanka
Gautam Gambhir's Century is his 10th in ODIs - his 5th against Sri Lanka.
Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli were associated in a partnership of 205 for the second wicket - India's highest stand for any wicket in the Asia Cup(previous best - 98 for the second wicket between Suresh Raina and Virender Sehwag against Pakistan at Karachi on June 26, 2008)
Match 3 - on Thursday March 15,2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Sri Lanka scored 188/10 Runs in 45.4 Overs
Top Scorers for Sri Lanka
Sangakkara 71
Tharanga 57
Wicket Takers for PakistanAizaz Cheema 4-43
Saeed Ajmal 3-27
Umar Gul 2-20
Hammad Azam 1-21
Pakistan Scored 189/4 in 39.5 Overs
Top Scorers for Pakistan
Misabh-ul-Haq 72 Not Out
Umar Akmal 77
Wicket Takers for Sri Lanka
Lakmal 2-37
Prasanna 1-49
Maharoof 1-23
Misabh-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal made 152 Runs for the 4th wicket
Pakistan won the match by 6 wickets
Man of the Match - Aziz Cheema
Match 4- on Thursday March 16,2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
India Scored 289/5 in 50 Overs
Bangladesh Scored 293/5 in 49.2 Overs
Man of the Match - Shakib Al Hasan
India Scored 289/5 in 50 Overs
Top Scorers for India
Sachin Tendulkar 114(his 100th Intl Ton)
Virat Kohli 66
Suresh Raina 51
M S Dhoni 21 Not Out
Wicket Takers for Bangladesh| Mashrafe Mortaza | 2-44 |
Shafiul Islam 1-24
Abbdur Razzak 1-41Bangladesh Scored 293/5 in 49.2 Overs
Top Scorers for Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal 70
Jahurul Islam 53
Nasir Hossain 54
Shakib Al Hasan 49
Mushfiqur Rahim (C) 46 Not Out
Wicket Takers for IndiaPraveen Kumar 3-56
Aswin 1-56
Jadeja 1-32
Bangladesh won the Match by 5 wickets
Man of the Match - Shakib Al Hasan
Match 5- on Sunday March 18,2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Pakistan Scored 329/6 in 50 Overs
Top Scorers for Pakistan
Mohammad Hafeez (105, 113b, 9x4, 1x6)
Nasir Jamshed (112, 104b, 10x4, 1x6)
Younis Khan 52
The openers steadily built their 224-run partnership, the second highest by a Pakistani pair against India in ODIs. The best being the 230-run third-wicket partnership between Saeed Anwar and Ijaz Ahmed in 1998.
Wicket Takers for India
PraveenKUmar 2-77
Ashok Dinda 2-47
Aswin 1-56
India Scored 330/4 in 47.5 Overs
Sachin Tendulkar 52 (48b, 5x4, 1x6)
Virat Kohli 183(148b, 22x4, 1x6) - 11th ODI Ton
Rohit Sharma 58(83b, 5x4, 1x6)
Wicket Takers for Pakistan
Hafeez 1-42
Umar Gul 2-65
Ajmal 1-49
India won the Match by 6 Wickets
Man of the Match - Virat Kohli
Kohli's 183 (148b, 22x4, 1x6) and his partnerships -
with Sachin Tendulkar 133-run second-wicket partnership and
with Rohit Sharma 172-run third-wicket partnership
proved to be the cornerstone of India's resurgent 6 -wicket victory over Pakistan
Match 6- on Tuesday March 20,2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Top Scorers for Sri Lanka
Kapugedera 62
Thirimanne 48
Tharanga 48
Wicket Takers for Bangladesh
Nazmul Hossain 3-32
Abdur Razzak 2-44
Skaib Al Hasan 2-56
Mashrafe Mortaza 1-30
Shahadat Hossain 1-51
Bangladesh Scored 212/5 in 37.1 Overs(Target 212 in 40 Overs under D/L Method)
Top Scorers for Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal 59
Shakib Al Hasan 56
Nasir Hossain 36 Not Out
Mahmuddalah 32 Not Out
Wicket Takers for Sri Lanka
Kulasekara 2-30
Senanayake 2-38
Lakmal 1-44
Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 5 Wickets
Man of the Match - Shakib Al Hasan
Match 7- on Thursday March 22,2012 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
Pakistan Scored 236/9 in 50 Overs
Top Scorers for Pakistan
Md Hafeez 40
Umar Akmal 30
Hammad Azam 30
Shahid Afridi 32
Sarfraz Ahmed 46 Not Out
Wicket Takers for Bangladesh
Mashrafe Mortaza 2-48
Abdur Razzak 2-26
Shakib Al Hasan 2-39
Nazmul Hossain 1-36
Mahmuddalah 1-14
Bangladesh Scored 234/8 in 50 Overs(Target 237)
Top Scorers for Bangladesh
Tamim Iqbal 60
Nasir Hossain 28
Shakib Al Hasan 68
Pakistan Beat Bangladesh by 2 Runs
Man of the Match - Shahid Afridi
Man of the Series - Shakib Al Hasan
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