2012 Asia Cup Final
The 2012 Asia Cup Final was the final of the 2012 Asia Cup, a One day International cricket tournament, and was played between Pakistan and Bangladesh on 22 March 2012 in Dhaka.[1] Pakistan stunned Bangladesh in the last ball thriller to achieve their second Asia Cup title after 2000.[2][3]
| Event | 2012 Asia Cup | ||||||||
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| Pakistan won by 2 runs | |||||||||
| Date | 22 March 2012 | ||||||||
| Venue | Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka | ||||||||
| Player of the match |  Shahid Afridi | ||||||||
| Umpires |  Ian Gould .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Steve Davis | ||||||||
| Attendance | 25000+ | ||||||||
← 2010 2014 → | |||||||||
Background
The 2012 Asia Cup started on 11 March 2012 and was hosted by Bangladesh. All matches were played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Four full member national teams played each other in Round-robin format. Pakistan reached the final by defeating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka while Bangladesh reached the final defeating India and Sri Lanka.[4][5][6]
Road to Final
| Pakistan |
 Bangladesh | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Result | Matches | Opponent | Result | |
| Bangladesh |
Won | Match 1 | Pakistan |
Lost | |
 Sri Lanka |
Won | Match 2 |  India |
Won | |
| India |
Lost | Match 3 | Sri Lanka |
Won | |
| Super Four Table | |||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | HTH | NRR | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | – | 0.4439 | 780 (139.5) | 759 (147.5) |
| 2 | Bangladesh |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0.0223 | 746 (136.3) | 762 (140) |
| 3 | India |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.3774 | 923 (147.5) | 876 (149.2) |
| 4 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | -0.8869 | 653 (140) | 705 (127) |
Match officials and result
- On-field umpires: Ian Gould ( England) and Steve Davis ( Australia)
- Third umpire: S. Ravi ( India)
- Reserve umpire: Masudur Rahman ( Bangladesh)
- Match referee: David Boon ( Australia)
- Toss: Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Man of the match: Shahid Afridi ( Pakistan)
- Result: Pakistan won by 2 runs
Scorecard
1st innings
| Bangladesh batting[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | c Nazmul b Razzak | 40 | 87 | 4 | 0 | 45.97 | |
| Nasir Jamshed | c Mahmudullah b Mortaza | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 | |
| Younis Khan | lbw b Nazmul | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | run out (Nasir Hossain) | 13 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 56.52 | |
| Umar Akmal | c ( Rahim b Mahmudullah | 30 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 | |
| Hammad Azam | c & b Shakib | 30 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 81.08 | |
| Shahid Afridi | c Nasir b Shakib | 32 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 145.45 | |
| Sarfaraz Ahmed | not out | 46 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 88.46 | |
| Umar Gul | c Shakib b Mortaza | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Saeed Ajmal | b Razzak | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Aizaz Cheema | not out | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 | |
| Total | 50 overs | 236 | 300 | 19 | 3 | 4.72(run rate) | |
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Jamshed, 4.2 overs), 2-19 (Younis, 5.2 overs), 3-55 (Mishbah, 15.2 overs), 4-70 (Hafeez, 21.2 overs), 5-129 (Azam, 33.3 overs), 6-133 (Umar, 34.5 overs), 7-178 (Afridi, 41.3 overs), 8-199 (Gul, 44.3 overs), 9-206 (Ajmal 45.6 overs)
| India bowling[7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 4.80 | |
| Nazmul Hossain | 8 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 4.50 | |
| Abdur Razzak | 10 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2.60 | |
| Shahadat Hossain | 9 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 7.00 | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3.90 | |
| Mahmudullah | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.66 | |
2nd innings
| India batting[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Tamim Iqbal | c Younis b Gul | 60 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 88.23 | |
| Nazimuddin | c Younis b Afridi | 16 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| Jahurul Islam | c Younis b Ajmal | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Nasir Hossain | c Misbah b Gul | 28 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| Shakib Al Hasan | b Aizaz | 68 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 94.44 | |
| Mushfiqur Rahim | c Jamshed b Aizaz | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125.00 | |
| Mahmudullah | not out | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 106.25 | |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | c Jamshed b Ajmal | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| Abdur Razzak | b Aizaz | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Shahadat Hossain | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Nazmul Hossain | Did not bat | ||||||
| Total | 50 overs | 234 | 300 | 20 | 1 | 4.68 (Run Rate) | |
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Nazimuddin, 16.4 overs), 2-68 (Jahurul, 17.5 overs), 3-81 (Tamim, 23.1 overs), 4-170 (Nasir, 42.3 overs), 5-179 (Shakib, 43.4 overs), 6-190 (Rahim, 45.1 overs), 7-218 (Mortaza, 47.4 overs), 8-233 (Razzak, 49.5)
| Bangladesh bowling[7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 10 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| Umar Gul | 10 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 6.50 | |
| Saeed Ajmal | 10 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| Shahid Afridi | 10 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2.80 | |
| Aizaz Cheema | 7 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 6.57 | |
| Hammad Azam | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 | |
References
- Abhishek Purohit. "Pakistan prevail over gutsy Bangladesh". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- "Ban vs Pak: Pakistan beat Bangladesh in thrilling final to clinch Asia Cup". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- Kunal Diwan. "Heartbreak for Bangladesh, high fives for Pakistan in Asia Cup final". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- Mohammad Isam. "The rise of the underdog". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- "Tamim, Shakib lead Bangladesh into final". Stabroek News. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- Balachandran, Kanishkaa (20 March 2012). "Team effort takes Bangladesh to historic final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- "Final (D/N), Asia Cup at Dhaka, Mar 22 2012". ESPNCricinfo.
External links
- Series home at ESPN Cricinfo