2000 Asia Cup
| 2000 Asia Cup | |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One-Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |
 Bangladesh |
| Champions |
 Pakistan (1st title) |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches played | 7 |
| Man of the Series | Yousuf Youhana |
| Most runs | Yousuf Youhana 295 |
| Most wickets | Abdul Razzaq 8 |
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh took part in the seventh edition of the Asia Cup for cricket, which was held in Bangladesh between May-June, 2000. Pakistan won the tournament beating Sri Lanka by 39 runs in the final. All the games were played at Dhaka's Bangabandhu National Stadium. Yousuf Youhana was declared the Man of the Series.
Tournament Structure
Each side played each other once in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 2 points while a tie/no result yielded 1 point.
Venue
7 matches were played at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka.
| City | Venue | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaka, Dhaka Division | Bangabandhu National Stadium | 36,000 | 7 |
Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Venue in Bangladesh
Squads
| Bangladesh |
 India |
Pakistan |
 Sri Lanka |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aminul Islam (c) | Saurav Ganguly (c) | Moin Khan (c) & (wk) | Sanath Jayasuriya (c) |
| Javed Omar | Rahul Dravid | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Marvan Atapattu |
| Shahriar Hossain | Sachin Tendulkar | Yousuf Youhana | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Mohammad Rafique | Mohammad Azharuddin | Saeed Anwar | Aravinda De Silva |
| Akram Khan | Ajay Jadeja | Imran Nazir | Russel Arnold |
| Habibul Bashar | Hemang Badani | Shahid Afridi | Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Manjural Islam Rana | Robin Singh | Abdul Razzaq | Indika De Saram |
| Khaled Mahmud | Ajit Agarkar | Shoaib Malik | Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk) |
| Khaled Mashud (wk) | Anil Kumble | Wasim Akram | Upul Chandana |
| Naimur Rahman | Thiru Kumaran | Mohammad Wasim | Chaminda Vaas |
| Enamul Hoque | Amit Bhandari | Mohammad Akram | Nuwan Zoysa |
| Hasibul Hussain | Nayan Mongia (wk) | Azhar Mahmood | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Shafiuddin Ahmed | Nikhil Chopra | Shabbir Ahmed | Sajeewa de Silva |
| Mushfiqur Babu | Sunil Joshi | Arshad Khan | Kaushalya Weeraratne |
Group Stage Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | NR | L | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan |
3 | 3 | - | - | 6 | +1.920 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka |
3 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | +1.077 |
| 3 | India |
3 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | -0.416 |
| 4 | Bangladesh |
3 | - | - | 3 | 0 | -2.800 |
Match Summary
30 May 2000 (Scorecard) |
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| Akram Khan 64 (52) Thiru Kumaran 3/54 (9 overs) |
Saurav Ganguly 135* (124) Enamul Haque 1/28 (5 overs) |
Final
References
http://colorlibrary.blogspot.com/2012/08/bangabandhu-national-stadium-dhaka.html#.VPCDWSy4jK8
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