2000 Asia Cup
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| Dates | 29 May – 7 June 2000 |
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| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host | Bangladesh |
| Champions | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (1st title) |
| Runners-up | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Player of the series | Pakistan Yousuf Youhana |
| Most runs | Pakistan Yousuf Youhana (295) |
| Most wickets | Pakistan Abdul Razzaq (8) |
2000 Asia Cup (as called Pepsi Asia Cup) was the seventh edition of the Asia Cup for cricket, which was held in Bangladesh between 29 May – 7 June 2000.[1] India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh took part in the tournament. Pakistan won their first ever Asia cup beating Sri Lanka by 39 runs in the final. All the games were played at Dhaka's Bangabandhu National Stadium. Yousuf Youhana was declared the Man of the Series.
Tournament structure
[edit | edit source]Each side played each other once in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 2 points while a tie/no result yielded 1 point. The tournament was the first edition of Asia Cup to feature coloured player clothing and to be played with a white ball.
Venue
[edit | edit source]7 matches were played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.
| City | Venue | Capacity | Matches |
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| Dhaka, Dhaka Division | Bangabandhu National Stadium |
36,000 | 7 |
Squads
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Group stage table
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.920 | Advanced to the Final |
| 2 | File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.077 | |
| 3 | File:Flag of India.svg India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.416 | Eliminated |
| 4 | File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.800 |
Match summary
[edit | edit source] 29 May 2000
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Kaushalya Weeraratne (SL) made his ODI debut.
30 May 2000
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mushfiqur Rahman (Ban) and Hemang Badani (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
2 June 2000
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bangladesh's 87 was the lowest total in Asia Cup tournaments by any team until Sri Lanka's 50 in 2023.[2]
3 June 2000
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
- Amit Bhandari (Ind) made his ODI debut.
- Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja (Ind) both played their last international match.[3]
Final
[edit | edit source]Statistics
[edit | edit source]Most runs
[edit | edit source]| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| Pakistan Yousuf Youhana | 4 | 4 | 295 | 147.50 | 73.75 | 100* | 1 | 2 | 23 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu | 4 | 4 | 245 | 81.66 | 72.27 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 4 | 183 | 45.75 | 87.55 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq | 4 | 4 | 175 | 87.50 | 109.37 | 75* | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| India Sourav Ganguly | 3 | 3 | 156 | 78.00 | 92.85 | 135* | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 |
| Source: Cricinfo[4] | ||||||||||
Most wickets
[edit | edit source]| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
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| Pakistan Abdul Razzaq | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19.2 | 3.82 | 9.25 | 4/29 | 14.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pakistan Azhar Mahmood | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 3.53 | 21.20 | 3/24 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 |
| India Ajit Agarkar | 3 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 4.63 | 27.80 | 2/47 | 36.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan Arshad Khan | 4 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 3.68 | 28.00 | 2/42 | 45.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan Wasim Akram | 3 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 4.05 | 20.25 | 2/38 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[5] | ||||||||||
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