2012 Asia Cup

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2012 Micromax Asia Cup
2012 Asia Cup.png
Dates11 March – 22 March [1]
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin, Knockout
Host(s)Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
ChampionsFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Participants4
Matches7
Player of the series Flag of Bangladesh.svg Shakib Al Hasan [2] [3]
Most runs Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli (357) [4]
Most wickets Flag of Pakistan.svg Umar Gul (9) [5]
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The 2012 Asia Cup (also called Micromax Asia Cup) was an international cricket tournament held in Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Like the previous event, the tournament featured the four Test-playing nations from Asia: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India entered the tournament as the defending 2010 Asia Cup Pakistan won the tournament by beating Bangladesh in the final by 2 runs. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Contents

Background

China was interested to host the Asia Cup at Guangzhou [10] but it was decided by the Asian Cricket Council that Bangladesh will host the event. It was the third time Bangladesh hosted the event after 1988 and 2000.

The event was supposed to be held between 1 and 11 March 2012, but was rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the ODI tri-series in Australia that also included Sri Lanka and India, which ended on 8 March. The tournament was played from 11 to 22 March. [11]

Venues

All the 7 matches were played at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. [12]

CityVenueCapacityMatches
Mirpur, Dhaka Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
26,0007
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.jpg
Bangladesh adm location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Venue in Bangladesh

Match Officials

Umpires from neutral countries:

Umpires from participating countries:

Match Referee:

Squads

Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh [13] Flag of India.svg  India [14] Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan [15] Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka [16]

Notes

  1. Withdrawn on 14 March 2012 due to injury. Replaced with Shaminda Eranga.

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRBPPts NRR ForAgainst
1Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 32100190.444780/139.5759/147.5
2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 32100080.022746/136.3762/140
3Flag of India.svg  India 32100080.377923/147.5876/149.2
4Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3030000−0.887653/140705/127
Source: [18]

Points system: [18]

If two or more teams have the same number of points, the right to play in the final is determined as follows:

Matches

Group stage matches

1st Match

All times local (UTC+06:00)

11 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
262/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
241 (48.1 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 89 (126)
Shahadat Hossain 3/53 (8 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 64 (66)
Umar Gul 3/58 (9.1 overs)
Pakistan won by 21 runs
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

2nd Match

13 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
304/3 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
254 (45.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 108 (120)
Farveez Maharoof 2/57 (10 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 78 (59)
Irfan Pathan 4/32 (8.1 overs)
India won by 50 runs
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Match

15 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
188 (45.4 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
189/4 (39.5 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 71 (92)
Aizaz Cheema 4/43 (9 overs)
Umar Akmal 77 (72)
Suranga Lakmal 2/37 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Aizaz Cheema (Pak)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pakistan earned a bonus point.

4th Match

16 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
289/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
293/5 (49.2 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 114 (147)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/44 (10 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 70 (99)
Praveen Kumar 3/56 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)

5th Match

18 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
329/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
330/4 (47.5 overs)
Nasir Jamshed 112 (104)
Ashok Dinda 2/47 (8 overs)
Virat Kohli 183 (148)
Mohammad Hafeez 1/42 (9 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

6th Match

20 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
232 (49.5 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
212/5 (37.1 overs)
Chamara Kapugedera 62 (92)
Nazmul Hossain 3/32 (8 overs)
Tamim Iqbal 59 (57)
Nuwan Kulasekara 2/30 (6 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets (D/L method)
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain reduced Bangladesh's innings to 40 overs, target revised to 212 by Duckworth-Lewis method. [24]
  • Bangladesh qualified for the finals for the first time due to head to head record against India and This is the first time that Sri Lanka failed to eligible to Asian cup finals since 1984 [25] [26]

Final

22 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
236/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
234/8 (50 overs)
Sarfraz Ahmed 46* (52)
Abdur Razzak 2/26 (10 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 68 (72)
Aizaz Cheema 3/46 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 2 runs
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Thana
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. [27]
  • Pakistan won the Asia Cup for the second time (first in 2000). [28]
  • Tamim Iqbal became the first Bangladesh player to score four consecutive ODI half-centuries. [28]

Records and statistics

Batting

PlayerTeamMatchesRunsAverageSRHS100s50s
Virat Kohli Flag of India.svg  India 335711910218321
Tamim Iqbal Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 425363.2580.8317004
Mohammad Hafeez Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 424561.2567.86710511
Shakib Al Hasan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 423759.25110.2336803
Nasir Jamshed Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 419348.2596.0211211
Source:ESPNCricinfo [4]

Bowling

PlayerTeamMatchesWicketsRunsAverageSRBBIECon.4W
Umar Gul Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4920823.111245.7780
Saeed Ajmal Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4816120.12528.254.2740
Aizaz Cheema Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 4819624.524.755.9391
Abdur Razzak Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 4615425.667403.850
Mashrafe Mortaza Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 4617729.539.8334.4440
Source:ESPNCricinfo [5]

Most Man of the match

PlayerNo. of Awards
Flag of India.svg Virat Kohli 2
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Shakib Al Hasan
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Hafeez 1
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aizaz Cheema
Flag of Pakistan.svg Shahid Afridi Man of the match in Final

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