Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
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Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
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Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 3 |
Matches | 3 |
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Most runs | ![]() |
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The 1984 Asia Cup (also known as the Rothmans Asia Cup) was the first 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]
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.
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4.212 | 8 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3.059 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +3.489 | 0 |
6 April 1984 Scorecard |
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8 April 1984 Scorecard |
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Surinder Khanna 51* (69) |
13 April 1984 Scorecard |
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Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 107 | 107.00 | 75.88 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 74 | 37.00 | 65.48 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 62 | 62.00 | 50.81 | 57* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 62 | 31.71 | 31.00 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 54 | 54.00 | 43.90 | 32* | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo [3] |
Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 3.11 | 13.25 | 3/40 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2.28 | 10.66 | 3/11 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.80 | 12.66 | 3/38 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2.66 | 13.33 | 3/22 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16.4 | 3.48 | 19.33 | 3/33 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Cricinfo [4] |
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