2000 Asia Cup

The 2000 Asia Cup (as called Pepsi Asia Cup) was the seventh edition of the Asia Cup for cricket, which was held in Bangladesh between May–June, 2000.[1] India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh took part in the tournament. Pakistan won the tournament 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.

2000 Asia Cup
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s) Bangladesh
Champions Pakistan (1st title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants4
Matches played7
Player of the series Yousuf Youhana
Most runs Yousuf Youhana (295)
Most wickets Abdul Razzaq (8)

Tournament structure

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.

Venue

7 matches were played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.

CityVenueCapacityMatches
Dhaka, Dhaka DivisionBangabandhu National Stadium
36,0007
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Venue in Bangladesh

Squads

 Bangladesh  India  Pakistan  Sri Lanka
Aminul Islam (c) Sourav Ganguly (c) Moin Khan (c) & (wk) Sanath Jayasuriya (c)
Javed Omar Rahul Dravid Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu
Shahriar Hossain Sachin Tendulkar Yousuf Youhana Mahela Jayawardene
Mohammad Rafique Mohammad Azharuddin Saeed Anwar Aravinda De Silva
Akram Khan Ajay Jadeja Imran Nazir Russel Arnold
Habibul Bashar Hemang Badani Shahid Afridi Tillakaratne Dilshan
Manjural Islam Rana Robin Singh Abdul Razzaq Indika De Saram
Khaled Mahmud Ajit Agarkar Shoaib Malik Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
Khaled Mashud (wk) Anil Kumble Wasim Akram Upul Chandana
Naimur Rahman Thiru Kumaran Mohammad Wasim Chaminda Vaas
Enamul Hoque Amit Bhandari Mohammad Akram Nuwan Zoysa
Hasibul Hossain Nayan Mongia (wk) Azhar Mahmood Muttiah Muralitharan
Shafiuddin Ahmed Nikhil Chopra Shabbir Ahmed Sajeewa de Silva
Mushfiqur Rahman Sunil Joshi Arshad Khan Kaushalya Weeraratne

Group stage table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1  Pakistan 33006+1.920
2  Sri Lanka 32104+1.077
3  India 31202−0.416
4  Bangladesh 30300−2.800

Match summary

29 May 2000
(Scorecard)
Bangladesh 
175/6 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
178/1 (30.4 overs)
Javed Omar 85* (146)
Chaminda Vaas 2/28 (10 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 96 (93)
Mohammad Rafique 1/42 (10 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: S Venkataraghavan (IND) and Saleem Badar (PAK)

30 May 2000
(Scorecard)
Bangladesh 
249/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
252/2 (40.1 overs)
Akram Khan 64 (52)
Thiru Kumaran 3/54 (9 overs)
Saurav Ganguly 135* (124)
Enamul Haque 1/28 (5 overs)
 India won by 8 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SRI) and Mohammad Nazir (PAK)

1 June 2000
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka 
276/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
205 (45 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 105 (116)
Sachin Tendulkar 2/44 (8 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 93 (95)
Kaushalya Weeraratne 3/46 (9 overs)
 Sri Lanka win by 71 runs
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Saleem Badar (PAK) and Mohammad Nazir (PAK)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

2 June 2000
(scorecard)
Pakistan 
320/3 (50 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
87 (34.2 overs)
Imran Nazir 80 (76)
Naimur Rahman 1/41 (10 overs)
Habibul Bashar 23 (44)
Abdul Razzaq 3/5 (4 overs)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3 June 2000
Scorecard
Pakistan 
295/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
251 (47.4 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 100 (112)
Anil Kumble 3/43 (10 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 93 (103)
Abdul Razzaq 4/29 (8 overs)
 Pakistan won by 44 runs
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Asoka de Silva (SL)

5 June 2000
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
192 (49 overs)
v
 Pakistan
193/3 (48.2 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 62 (102)
Azhar Mahmood 3/24 (8 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 90 (130)
Sajeewa de Silva 2/34 (6 overs)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

7 June 2000
Scorecard
Pakistan 
277/4 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
238 (45.2 overs)
Saeed Anwar 82 (115)
Nuwan Zoysa 2/44 (8 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 100 (124)
Arshad Khan 2/42 (10 overs)
 Pakistan won by 39 runs
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)

References

  1. Ganesh, AC (3 May 2000). "Asia Cup: No problem in selecting the probables". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. "Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja make their last appearance for India". Cricket Country. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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