Asia Cup Winners List From 1984 To 2023

Asia Cup is a match that could be very near the individuals of the Asian full member nation after the celebrated Cricket World Cup. It commenced 39 years down the highway in 1984 after the formation of the Asian Cricket Council in 1983 and up to now 15 editions have been accomplished with the sixteenth version across the nook and is about to be performed in Pakistan and Sri Lanka from thirty first August to seventeenth September. India has been essentially the most profitable workforce in Asia Cup historical past with 7 titles, adopted by Sri Lanka with 6 trophies. Together with the T20 format triumph in 2022 in UAE. Alternatively, Pakistan has solely 2 titles to its title, and Bangladesh is but to carry the silverware. 

1984 Asia Cup Winner 

The winner of the maiden Asia Cup in 1984 was India. ACC hosted the occasion in UAE, with solely India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh collaborating. Solely 3 matches had been performed and India gained each video games to clinch the title. Indian batter Surinder Khanna was the very best run-getter with 107 runs and in bowling, Ravi Shastri tops the chart with 4 wickets. Notably, Sunil Gavaskar turned the primary cricket captain to win the Asia Cup trophy. 

1986 Asia Cup Winner

The primary-edition runners-up, Sri Lanka etched its title on the Asia Cup winners record in 1986. This time together with Pakistan and host Sri Lanka, Bangladesh additionally participated within the match. Whereas India didn’t play as a result of dangerous relations with the hosts. After taking part in two matches every, Sri Lanka and Pakistan met one another within the ultimate in Colombo, and consequently, the Blue Lions beat the Males in Inexperienced in a low-scoring thriller by 5 wickets. Lankan skipper, Arjuna Ranatunga led his workforce from the entrance and have become the very best run-scorer with 105 runs whereas Pakistani leggie Abdul Qadir bagged essentially the most wickets within the collection (9). 

1988 Asia Cup Winner 

The 1988 Asia Cup was held in Bangladesh for the primary time. 4 groups India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh clashed with one another as soon as in 6 matches, and finally, India locked horns with Sri Lanka for the 2nd time within the ultimate of the competitors in Dhaka and once more thumped them by 6 wickets to turn out to be Asia Cup winner for the 2nd time. Pakistani batter Ijaz Ahmed made essentially the most runs (192) and Indian spin grasp Arshad Ayub took essentially the most wickets (9) within the season. 

1990-91 Asia Cup Winner 

The 1990-91 Asia Cup, which was the 4th installment of the competitors noticed host India lifting the coveted Asia Cup trophy for the third time beating Sri Lanka within the finals by 7 wickets. This time Pakistan didn’t take part due to its harsh bond with India. Nevertheless, Arjuna Ranatunga who top-scored for Sri Lanka within the ultimate with 49 runs completed as the very best run-getter with 166 runs and Kapil Dev was the decide of the bowler within the match with 9 scalps in 3 video games, together with 4/31 within the finals. 

1995 Asia Cup Winner 

For the primary time since 1984, the fifth Asia Cup was performed in Sharjah in 1995. Following the round-robin format, all 7 matches had been accomplished. The a lot anticipated ultimate was as soon as extra contested by India and Sri Lanka. However, for the third time in a row Lanka misplaced the ultimate by 8 wickets and India wrote its title for the fifth time on the Asia Cup winners chart. Indian gamers had been conquering the stats chart with Sachin Tendulkar being the highest-scorer and Anil Kumble claiming essentially the most wickets. 

1997 Asia Cup Winner 

Sri Lanka organized the Asia Cup for the 2nd time in 1997. The opposite contenders within the sixth version had been India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Lastly, Sri Lanka avenged their loss within the final three finals towards India, hammering them by 8 wickets in Colombo. Skipper Arjuna Ranatunga led essentially the most runs chart for the third time with 272 runs whereas Indian seamer Venkatesh Prasad was the very best wicket-taker with 7 wickets. 

2000 Asia Cup Winner 

The seventh version of the Asia Cup was held in Bangladesh and Pakistan ended their trophy drought after they defeated the defending champions Sri Lanka by 39 runs in Dhaka and have become the brand new Asia Cup winner. India had 1 win out of three and Bangladesh even didn’t register a victory within the championship. The document for many runs and wickets was clutched by Pakistani batter Yousuf Yohana (295) and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq (8) respectively. 

2004 Asia Cup Winner

In 2004, two new groups Hongkong and UAE had been added together with present groups India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. Three groups had been divided into 2 teams whereas the highest two groups made it into the Tremendous 4 to play three matches every and finally, Sri Lanka crushed India by 25 runs to win their third Asia Cup title. Swashbuckling Pakistani batter Shoaib Malik recorded essentially the most runs within the version with 316 runs and amongst bowlers, Indian “Swing King” Irfan Pathan grabbed essentially the most wickets (14).

2008 Asia Cup Winner

Pakistan alone hosted the 2008 Asia Cup for the maiden time. The six contributors had been the identical because the final time. However, Sri Lankan batter Sanath Jayasuriya and thriller spinner Ajantha Mendis had been on a roll within the competitors as Jayasuriya scored essentially the most runs in a single Asia Cup, getting 378 runs, whereas Mendis snared record-breaking 17 wickets, essentially the most in an version. Therefore, Sri Lanka overshadowed India in each division to win the match by 100 runs within the ultimate in Karachi and clinch their 4th Asia Cup title. 

2010 Asia Cup Winner 

The 2010 Asia Cup was held in Sri Lanka from the fifteenth to the twenty fourth of June in Dambulla. On this installment, aside from the hosts, the opposite three groups had been India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Within the finals, India confronted Lanka for the eighth Asia Cup ultimate and emerged victorious by 81 runs. Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi made essentially the most runs (265) and veteran Lasith Malinga was the decide of the bowlers with 9 wickets within the occasion. 

2012 Asia Cup Winner 

2012 Asia Cup, the eleventh session was hosted by Bangladesh in Sher-E-Bangla stadium. Just like the earlier version, this time too it was a battle amongst India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. After steady failures for the previous 3 editions, Pakistan turned the desk of their favor and gained the ultimate towards first-time finalist Bangladesh by a slender margin of two runs. India’s top-order batter Virat Kohli was the highest scorer with the bat, amassing whooping 365 runs, quite the opposite, Umar Gul conquered the bowling chart with 9 wickets within the championship. 

2014 Asia Cup Winner

In 2014, Afghanistan participated within the Asia Cup for the primary time alongside India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, Retaining their locations within the high 2 after taking part in 4 matches every, Sri Lanka and Pakistan battled for the crown within the finals at Bangladesh’s greatest Sher-E-Bangla stadium the place Sri Lanka lifted its fifth title, beating Pakistan by 5 wickets. The Man of the Ultimate Lahiru Thirimanne mustered essentially the most 279 runs within the occasion and in bowling, Lasith Malinga and Saeed Ajmal bagged essentially the most wickets, 9 scalps every. 

2016 Asia Cup Winner

The 2016 Asia Cup was the inaugural version of the occasion in T20 format. 5 groups took half within the championship- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, UAE, and the host Bangladesh. India gained all their group video games and smashed the hosts within the ultimate 8 wickets and seven balls to spare. Bangladeshi batter Sabbir Rahman aggregated the very best variety of runs (176) and pacer Al Amin turned the very best wicket-taker within the match (11). 

2018 Asia Cup Winner 

India made itself the 2018 Asia Cup winner within the UAE, successful the ultimate towards Bangladesh by 3 wickets below Rohit Sharma’s captaincy. Six teams- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Hongkong had been break up into 2 teams. Then, India and Pakistan certified for the Semi-finals from Group A, whereas Afghanistan and Bangladesh acquired there from Group B. Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan was the very best run-getter with 342, and alternatively, Kuldeep Yadav, Rashid Khan, and Mustafizur Rahman had been the joint highest wicket-taker with 10 wickets. 

2022 Asia Cup Winner

The 2022 Asia Cup was the 2nd version within the T20 format, hosted by the UAE. The identical 6 groups because the previous version contested there. Pakistan and Sri Lanka performed the grand ultimate on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium whereby Sri Lanka thumped Pakistan by 23 runs to get their sixth title and 1st within the shortest format. In kind Pakistani wicket-keeper batter Mohammed Rizwan completed with the very best runs (281), whereas Indian seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar bagged essentially the most 11 wickets within the installment. 

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