2012 Asia Cup

2012 Asia Cup
Administrator(s) Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin, Knockout
Host(s)  Bangladesh
Champions  Pakistan[1][2][3] (2nd title)
Participants 4
Matches played 7
Man of the Series Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan[4][5]
Most runs India Virat Kohli (357)[6]
Most wickets Pakistan Umar Gul (9)[7]

The 2012 Asia Cup was the eleventh edition of the tournament and was held in Bangladesh.

Like the previous years, 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 champions. Pakistan won the tournament by beating Bangladesh in the final by 2 runs.[1][2][3][8]

Background

China was interested to host the Asia Cup at Guangzhou[9] 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.[10]

Venues

All the 7 matches were played at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.[11]

City Venue Capacity Matches
Mirpur, Dhaka Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
26,000 7
Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Venue in Bangladesh

Squads

 Bangladesh[12]  India[13]  Pakistan[14]  Sri Lanka[15]

Notes

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 Withdrawn on 14 March 2012 due to injury.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

Points table

[17]

Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts HTH NRR For Against
1  Pakistan 3 2 1 0 0 1 9 0.4439 780 (139.5) 759 (147.5)
2  Bangladesh 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 1 0.0223 746 (136.3) 762 (140)
3  India 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 0 0.3774 923 (147.5) 876 (149.2)
4  Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 -0.8869 653 (140) 705 (127)

Points system:[17]

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

All times local (UTC+06:00)

Match 1

11 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
262/8 (50 overs)
v
 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.

Match 2

13 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
304/3 (50 overs)
v
 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.

Match 3

15 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
188 (45.4 overs)
v
 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.

Match 4

16 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
289/5 (50 overs)
v
 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)

Match 5

18 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
329/6 (50)
v
 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)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Virat Kohli's score was the highest individual innings for a batsman in the Asia Cup.[20][21]
  • Virat Kohli's innings was the highest individual innings for a batsman against Pakistan in a ODI.[20][21]
  • Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez's opening partnership of 224 is a record for Pakistan versus India.[20][21][22]

Match 6

20 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
232 (49.5 overs)
v
 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.[23]
  • Bangladesh qualified for the finals for the first time due to head to head record against India.[24][25]

Final

22 March 2012
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
236/9 (50 overs)
v
 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.[26]
  • Pakistan won the Asia Cup for the second time (first in 2000).[27]
  • Tamim Iqbal is the first Bangladeshi to score 4 consecutive ODI half-centuries.[27]

Records and statistics

Batting

Player Team Matches Runs Average SR HS 100s 50s
Kohli, ViratVirat Kohli  India 3 357 119 102 183 2 1
Iqbal, TamimTamim Iqbal  Bangladesh 4 253 63.25 80.831 70 0 4
Hafeez, MohammadMohammad Hafeez  Pakistan 4 245 61.25 67.867 105 1 1
Al Hasan, ShakibShakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh 4 237 59.25 110.233 68 0 3
Jamshed, NasirNasir Jamshed  Pakistan 4 193 48.25 96.02 112 1 1
Source:[6]

Bowling

Player Team Matches Wickets Runs Average SR Best Econ 4 wi
Gul, UmarUmar Gul  Pakistan 4 9 208 23.111 24 3/58 5.778 0
Ajmal, SaeedSaeed Ajmal  Pakistan 4 8 161 20.125 28.25 3/27 4.274 0
Cheema, AizazAizaz Cheema  Pakistan 4 8 196 24.5 24.75 4/43 5.939 1
Razzak, AbdurAbdur Razzak  Bangladesh 4 6 154 25.667 40 2/26 3.85 0
Mortaza, MashrafeMashrafe Mortaza  Bangladesh 4 6 177 29.5 39.833 2/44 4.444 0
Source:[7]

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