Asia Cup: Difference between revisions

| first = [[1984 Asia Cup|1984]] ([[UAE]])

| last = [[2023 Asia Cup|2023]] ([[Pakistan]] & [[Sri Lanka]])

* [[2022 Asia Cup|2021]]

The '''Asia Cup''', officially known as the '''ACC Men’s Asia Cup''' is a men's [[cricket|international cricket]] tournament contested between [[Asia|Asian]] countries in either [[One Day International]] format (50 overs) and [[Twenty20 International]] [[cricket]] format (20 overs). 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 Asia Cup is the only continental championship in cricket and the winning team becomes the champion of [[Asia]]. It alternates every 2-years between [[One Day International|ODI]] and [[Twenty20 International|T20]] formats.

The first Asia Cup was held in 1984 in [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]] in the [[United Arab Emirates]] where the council's offices were based (until 1995). India boycotted the [[1986 Asia Cup|1986]] tournament due to strained cricketing relations with [[Sri Lanka]]. [[Pakistan]] boycotted the [[1990–91 Asia Cup|1990–91]] tournament due to strained [[political]] relations with India and the [[1993 Asia Cup|1993]] tournament was cancelled for the same reason. The [[Asian Cricket Council|ACC]] announced that the tournament would be held biennially from 2009 onwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/251057.html?CMP=OTC-RSS|title=Asia Cup to be held biennially|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=22 June 2006}}</ref> The [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] has ruled that all games played in the Asia Cup have official [[One Day International|ODI]] status.

After downsizing the Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 would be played on a rotation basis between [[One Day International]] and [[Twenty20 International]] format, on the basis of the format of upcoming world events.<ref name="Asia Cup to continue under ICC">{{Cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/862395.html |title=Asia Cup to continue under ICC |access-date=17 April 2015 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> As a result, the 2016 event was the first event played in the T20I format and functioned as a preparatory tournament ahead of the [[2016 ICC World Twenty20]].

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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.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/17479746 | title=Asia Cup: Pakistan beat Bangladesh in thrilling final | publisher=BBC Sport|date= 22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref> [[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 national cricket team|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.

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 [[One Day International|ODI]] and [[Twenty20 International|T20I]] format.<ref name="Asia Cup to continue under ICC"/><ref name="2016 Asia Cup played in T20 format">{{Cite web|url= http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/2016-asia-cup-played-in-t20-format |title= 2016 Asia Cup played in T20 format |access-date=16 April 2015 |work=Sportskeeda|date= 16 April 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Asia Cup to switch T20 format every alternate edition">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/71699/asia-cup-to-switch-to-t20-format-every-alternate-edition |title=Asia Cup to switch T20 format every alternate edition |access-date=16 April 2015 |work=cricbuzz|date=16 April 2015 }}</ref> 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. 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.

[[Pakistan]] had an average start in the Asia Cup with a defeat against India in group stage, beating India & Afghanistan in a close encounter in Super 4, ending with 2 back-to-back defeats against Sri Lanka.

[[India]] started the tournament as hot favourites defeating Pakistan; however, they could not win against them and Sri Lanka in super 4 and got knocked out of the tournament.

Pakistan was awarded to host the tournament. However, [[Indian national cricket team|Indian cricket team]] was reluctant to visit Pakistan to participate in the tournament. So, after a lot of deliberation, India agreed to play in a hybrid model where India will play all their matches in another country and few other matches will be hosted in Pakistan. Thus, it will be the first Asia Cup to be co-hosted by multiple countries; four matches will be played in Pakistan, and the remaining nine matches will be played Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Four Asia Cup matches in Pakistan; remaining nine in Sri Lanka |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/asia-cup-2023-four-matches-in-pakistan-nine-in-sri-lanka-1381618 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref> The five [[Asian Cricket Council#Full members|full members]] of the [[Asian Cricket Council]] will be joined by [[Nepal national cricket team|Nepal]], who would be making their ACC Asia Cup debut having qualified for the first time in qualifying the [[2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup]]. India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka. and Afghanistan qualified to play the tournament. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka qualified to play the super fours stage.

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