1984 Asia Cup

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The 1984 Asia Cup (also known as the Rothmans Asia Cup) was the inaugural edition of the Asia Cup. It was held in Sharjah, UAE, which was the location of the newly formed Asian Cricket Council. The new tournament was held between April 6–13, in 1984 and three teams took part: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium hosted its first One Day International (ODI) match.[1]

Dates6 – 13 April 1984
AdministratorAsian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament formatRound-robin
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1984 Asia Cup
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1984 Rothmans Asia Cup logo
Dates6 – 13 April 1984
AdministratorAsian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament formatRound-robin
HostUnited Arab Emirates
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants3
Matches3
Player of the seriesIndia Surinder Khanna
Most runsIndia Surinder Khanna (107)
Most wicketsIndia Ravi Shastri (4)
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The 1984 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. India won both its matches, winning the inaugural Cup. Sri Lanka came in second while Pakistan lost both its matches.

Squads

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Squads[2]
 India  Sri Lanka  Pakistan
Sunil Gavaskar (c)Duleep Mendis (c)Zaheer Abbas (c)
Surinder Khanna (wk)Brendon Kuruppu (wk)Mohsin Khan
Ghulam ParkarSidath WettimunySaadat Ali
Dilip VengsarkarRoy DiasMudassar Nazar
Sandeep PatilRanjan MadugalleJaved Miandad
Ravi ShastriArjuna RanatungaSaleem Malik
Kirti AzadAravinda de SilvaAbdul Qadir
Roger BinnyUvais KarnainShahid Mahboob
Madan LalRavi RatnayekeSarfraz Nawaz
Manoj PrabhakarSomachandra De SilvaAnil Dalpat (wk)
Chetan SharmaVinothen JohnRashid Khan
--Qasim Umar
--Azeem Hafeez
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Matches

Group stage

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 8 4.212 Champions
2  Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 4 3.489
3  Pakistan 2 0 2 0 0 3.059
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Source: ESPN Cricinfo
6 April 1984
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Pakistan 
187/9 (46 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
190/5 (43.3 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 47 (68)
Arjuna Ranatunga 3/38 (10 overs)
Roy Dias 57 (95)
Abdul Qadir 2/42 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind)
Player of the match: Roy Dias (SL)
8 April 1984
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Sri Lanka 
96 (41 overs)
v
 India
97/0 (21.4 overs)
Ranjan Madugalle 38 (76)
Madan Lal 3/11 (8 overs)
India won by 10 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Shakoor Rana (Pak)
Player of the match: Surinder Khanna (Ind)
13 April 1984
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India 
188/4 (46 overs)
v
 Pakistan
134 (39.4 overs)
Surinder Khanna 56 (72)
Shahid Mahboob 1/23 (10 overs)
Mohsin Khan 35 (65)
Roger Binny 3/33 (9.4 overs)
India won by 54 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Herbi Felsinger (SL)
Player of the match: Surinder Khanna (Ind)

Statistics

Most runs

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Player Matches Innings Runs Average SR HS 100 50 4s 6s
India Surinder Khanna 2 2 107 107.00 75.88 56 0 2 9 2
Pakistan Zaheer Abbas 2 2 74 37.00 65.48 47 0 0 3 2
Sri Lanka Roy Dias 2 2 62 62.00 50.81 57* 0 1 1 0
Pakistan Mohsin Khan 2 2 62 31.71 31.00 35 0 0 3 0
India Ghulam Parkar 2 2 54 54.00 43.90 32* 0 0 5 0
Source: Cricinfo[3]
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Most wickets

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Player Matches Innings Wickets Overs Econ. Ave. BBI S/R 4WI 5WI
India Ravi Shastri 2 2 4 17 3.11 13.25 3/40 25.5 0 0
India Madan Lal 2 2 3 14 2.28 10.66 3/11 28.0 0 0
Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga 2 1 3 10 3.80 12.66 3/38 20.0 0 0
India Chetan Sharma 2 2 3 15 2.66 13.33 3/22 30.0 0 0
India Roger Binny 2 2 3 16.4 3.48 19.33 3/33 33.3 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[4]
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