1984 Asia Cup

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) matches.[1]

1984 Asia Cup
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) United Arab Emirates
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants3
Matches played3
Player of the series Surinder Khanna
Most runs Surinder Khanna (107)
Most wickets Ravi Shastri (4)

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.

Matches

Group stage

Team P W L T NR NRR Points
 India 22000+4.2128
 Sri Lanka 21100+3.0594
 Pakistan 20200+3.4890
6 April 1984
(scorecard)
Pakistan 
187/9 (46 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
190/5 (43.3 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 47 (68)
Arjuna Ranatunga 3/38 (10 overs)
Roy Dias 57 (95)
Abdul Qadir 2/42 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Swaroop Kishen (Ind)
Player of the match: Roy Dias (SL)

8 April 1984
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka 
96 (41 overs)
v
 India
97/0 (21.4 overs)
Ranjan Madugalle 38 (76)
Madan Lal 3/11 (8 overs)
India by 10 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Shakoor Rana (Pak)
Player of the match: Surinder Khanna (Ind)

13 April 1984
(scorecard)
India 
188/4 (46 overs)
v
 Pakistan
134 (39.4 overs)
Surinder Khanna 56 (72)
Shahid Mahboob 1/23 (10 overs)
Mohsin Khan 35 (65)
Roger Binny 3/33 (9.4 overs)
India by 54 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Herbi Felsinger (SL)
Player of the match: Surinder Khanna (Ind)

References

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