1988 Asia Cup

The 1988 Asia Cup (also known as the Wills Asia Cup) was the third Asia Cup tournament, held in Bangladesh between 26 October and 4 November 1988. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the host nation Bangladesh. The matches were the first-ever List A-classified being played in Bangladesh, then an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), their opponents all being Full Members.

1988 Asia Cup
Dates27 October – 4 November 1988
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Bangladesh
Champions India (2nd title)
Runners-up Sri Lanka
Participants4
Matches played7
Player of the series Navjot Sidhu
Most runs Ijaz Ahmed (192)
Most wickets Arshad Ayub (9)

The 1988 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other three once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win its second Asia Cup.

Matches

Group stage
TeamsPldWLTNRPtsRR
 Sri Lanka33000125.110
 India3210084.491
 Pakistan3120044.721
 Bangladesh3030002.430
27 October 1988
Scorecard
Pakistan 
194/7 (44 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
195/5 (38.5 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 54 (58)
Graeme Labrooy 3/36 (8 overs)
Roshan Mahanama 55 (92)
Wasim Akram 2/34 (7.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ban) and V K Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Roshan Mahanama (SL)
27 October 1988
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
99/8 (45 overs)
v
 India
100/1 (26 overs)
Minhajul Abedin 22 (67)
Arshad Ayub 3/20 (9 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 50* (71)
Azhar Hossain 1/30 (7 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Tariq Ata (Pak)
Player of the match: Navjot Sidhu (Ind)
29 October 1988
Scorecard
Pakistan 
284/3 (45 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
111/6 (45 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 124* (87)
Azhar Hossain 1/24 (4 overs)
Athar Ali Khan 22 (52)
Iqbal Qasim 3/13 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 173 runs
M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong
Umpires: Ram Gupta (Ind) and Selliah Ponnadurai (SL)
Player of the match: Moin-ul-Atiq (Pak)
29 October 1988
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
271/6 (45 overs)
v
 India
254 (44 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 69 (63)
Kapil Dev 2/39 (9 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 50 (55)
Kapila Wijegunawardene 4/49 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 17 runs
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Saleem Badar (Pak) and Tariq Ata (Pak)
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
31 October 1988
Scorecard
Pakistan 
142 (42.2 overs)
v
 India
143/6 (40.4 overs)
Moin-ul-Atiq 38 (64)
Arshad Ayub 5/21 (9 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 74* (122)
Abdul Qadir 3/27 (9 overs)
India won by 4 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Selliah Ponnadurai (SL)
Player of the match: Arshad Ayub (Ind)
2 November 1988
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
118/8 (45 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
120/1 (30.5 overs)
Athar Ali Khan 30 (83)
Ravi Ratnayeke 4/23 (8 overs)
Brendon Kuruppu 58* (93)
Azhar Hossain 1/20 (6.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: V K Ramaswamy (Ind) and Saleem Badar (Pak)
Player of the match: Brendon Kuruppu (SL)

Final
4 November 1988
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
176 (43.2 overs)
v
 India
180/4 (37.1 overs)
Duleep Mendis 36 (36)
Kris Srikkanth 3/12 (3.2 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 76 (87)
Kapila Wijegunawardene 2/33 (9 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Umpires: Saleem Badar (Pak) and Tariq Ata (Pak)
Player of the match: Navjot Sidhu (Ind)

See also

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