Men's Asia Cup

Administrator	Asian Cricket Council
Format	ODI and T20I
First edition	1984
Latest edition	2023
Tournament format	Group stage and knockouts
Number of teams	6
Current champion	India (8th title)
Most successful	India (8 titles)
Most runs	Sanath Jayasuriya (1220)[1]
Most wickets	Lasith Malinga (33)[2]
Website	asiancricket.org

The Asia Cup officially known as Men's Asia Cup, is the biennial Cricket tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The competition is contested by Asian members' senior men's national cricket teams, determining the continental champion of Asia.^[3] It was established in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was founded as a measure to promote goodwill between Asian countries being the only continental championship in cricket where the winning team becomes the champion of Asia. India are the defending champions after winning the 2023 edition.

The first edition was held in 1984 in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates where the council's offices were based until 1995. India boycotted the 1986 tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka. Pakistan boycotted the 1990–91 tournament due to strained political relations with India and the 1993 tournament was cancelled for the same reason. The ACC announced that the tournament would be held biennially from 2009 onwards. The ICC has ruled that all games played in the Asia Cup have official ODI status.

After downsizing the Asian Cricket Council in 2015, it was announced by the ICC that Asia Cup events from 2016 would be played on a rotation basis between One Day International and Twenty20 International format, on the basis of the format of upcoming world events. As a result, the 2016 event was the first event played in the T20I format and functioned as a preparatory tournament ahead of the 2016 ICC World Twenty20.

India, with eight titles (seven ODI and one T20I), is the most successful team in the tournament. Sri Lanka is the second most successful team, with six, while Pakistan have won two titles. Sri Lanka has played the most Asia Cups (16) followed by India, Pakistan and Bangladesh (15 each). India has been considered the best Asian team while Sri Lanka has historically been the second best.

Winners of ACC Asia Cup

Season	Format	Champion
1984	ODI	India
1986	ODI	Sri Lanka
1988	ODI	India (2)
1990–91	ODI	India (3)
1995	ODI	India (4)
1997	ODI	Sri Lanka (2)
2000	ODI	Pakistan
2004	ODI	Sri Lanka (3)
2008	ODI	Sri Lanka (4)
2010	ODI	India (5)
2012	ODI	Pakistan (2)
2014	ODI	Sri Lanka (5)
2016	T20I	India (6)
2018	ODI	India (7)
2022	T20I	Sri Lanka (6)
2023	ODI	India (8)

The first edition of the Rothmans Asia Cup was held in 1984^[4][5][6][7] in Sharjah, UAE, the location of the headquarters of the newly formed Asian Cricket Council. The tournament was a round-robin tournament among India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The first match was between Pakistan and the new ICC member Sri Lanka. India won this tournament with two victories, Sri Lanka were the runners up in the tournament with a single victory over Pakistan, while Pakistan went home without winning either of its two games.^[6][7][8]

Sri Lanka was the host for the second edition in 1986. India pulled out of the tournament due to soured cricketing relations with Sri Lanka after a controversial series in Sri Lanka the previous year.^[9] Bangladesh was included for the first time. Sri Lanka won the tournament beating Pakistan in the final.

The third edition, in 1988, was held in Bangladesh, the first time a multi-national cricket tournament was held there. In the final, India beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win their second Asia Cup.

The fourth edition of the tournament was held in India in 1990–91. Pakistan had pulled out of the tournament due to strained political relations with India. India retained the Asia Cup defeating Sri Lanka in the final. In 1993, the tournament was cancelled due to strained political relations between India and Pakistan.

The fifth edition, in 1995, took the series back to Sharjah, UAE after 11 years. India and Sri Lanka made it to the final by virtue of better run rate than Pakistan as all three teams had equal points after the preliminary round. For the third successive time, India defeated Sri Lanka in the final.

The sixth edition was held in Sri Lanka in 1997. Sri Lanka beat India in the final by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup.

The 7th edition took place in Bangladesh for the second time in 2000. Pakistan and Sri Lanka made it to the final while India only won one match against Bangladesh and surprisingly did not qualify for the final for the first time. In the final, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cup for the first time. Yousuf Youhana was the player of the Tournament.

The 8th edition took place in Sri Lanka in 2004. There was a change in the tournament format as UAE and Hong Kong were also included for the first time and the tournament was now divided into three stages – the Group Stage, Super Fours and the final. The group stage was divided into two groups of 3 teams, each playing each other once. The top two teams from each group qualified for the Super Four stage where they played each other again once. The top two teams in the Super Four stage then qualified for the final. Hosts Sri Lanka, India and UAE were placed in Group A while the then defending champions Pakistan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong were placed in Group B. UAE and Hong Kong were knocked out in the group stage. Bangladesh had the distinction of reaching the second stage in a major tournament for the first time, but played poorly in the Super Fours and got eliminated. India and Sri Lanka topped the Super Four stage and reached the final. In the final, Sri Lanka defeated India by 25 runs to win the Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasuriya was the player of the Tournament.

The ninth edition of the Asia Cup was held in Pakistan. Once again, the 2004 format was retained. The tournament started on 24 June 2008 and the Final was held on 6 July 2008.^[10] Sri Lanka topped Group A and qualified for the second phase along with Bangladesh. In Group B, India came out on top and entered the Super Fours along with Pakistan in second place. Sri Lanka and India topped the Super Four stage and entered the final. Sri Lanka beat India in the final comfortably winning their fourth Asia Cup. Sanath Jayasuriya scored a quick 125 off 114 balls to rescue Sri Lanka from 66/4 earlier on when the top order collapsed. Sri Lanka's new mystery spinner, Ajantha Mendis, took 6/13 bowling Sri Lanka to a 100 run victory. He also was adjudged as the Player of the Tournament.

The tenth edition was held in Sri Lanka, between 15 and 24 June 2010 hosting the Asia Cup for the fourth time. It only featured the four Test playing Asian nations, and seven matches were played in all (including the final). Sri Lanka and India topped the group stages and entered the final. In the final, India beat Sri Lanka comfortably to become champions for the fifth time, winning the tournament for first time in 15 years.^[11] Shahid Afridi was the Player of the Tournament.

The eleventh edition of the Asia Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Pakistan and Bangladesh qualified to play in the final of the eleventh edition, Bangladesh had beaten India and Sri Lanka to book their place in the final for the first time in the history of the tournament. Pakistan beat Bangladesh after a thrilling final over, winning their second Asia Cup.^[12] Shakib Al Hasan was adjudged the Player of the Tournament. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th international century in this tournament.

The twelfth edition was held in Dhaka and Fatullah, Bangladesh from 25 February to 8 March 2014. The tournament consisted of five teams with Afghanistan in it for the first time since its inception in 1984. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final to win the Asia Cup for the fifth time. Lahiru Thirimanne was adjudged the Player of the Tournament scoring 279 runs.

After the Asian Cricket Council was downsized by the ICC in 2015, it was announced that Asia Cup tournaments would be played on rotation basis in ODI and T20I format.^[13][14][15] As a result, 2016 events was the first tournament in T20I format and was played between five teams just ahead of 2016 ICC World Twenty20. The 2016 edition of the Asia Cup tournament was held in Bangladesh for the third consecutive time from 24 February to 6 March. The final was held on 6 March 2016. India won the final by beating Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final held at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium situated in Mirpur locality, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is for the sixth time that India won the Asia cup title in 2016. Shikhar Dhawan of India was the man of the match for his 60 runs. Sabbir Rahman of Bangladesh was the player of the series. India won all of its matches played in Asia Cup 2016 beating Bangladesh 2 times, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and UAE.

On 29 October 2015, following the Asian Cricket Council meeting in Singapore, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur stated that the 2018 edition of the tournament would be held in India. It will follow the ODI format.^[16] However, in April 2018, the tournament was moved to the United Arab Emirates, due to political tensions between India and Pakistan.^[17]

India were the defending champions,^[18] and retained their title, after beating Bangladesh by three wickets in the final.^[19] India did not suffer a single defeat in the tournament, with 2 wins each against Pakistan & Bangladesh, a solitary win against Hong Kong, and a tie with Afghanistan. Shikhar Dhawan was the top run getter with 342 runs in 5 matches, was awarded Man of the Series. Afghanistan was the only team in the tournament who remained unbeaten against eventual winners India.

United Arab Emirates hosted the tournament and Sri Lanka won the Asia Cup beating Pakistan by 23 runs in the final. Sri Lanka reached the final as the only unbeaten team in the Super-Four stage winning against Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.^[20] Bhanuka Rajapaksa was awarded Man of the Match for his unbeaten 71 off 45 balls, and Wanindu Hasaranga was second highest wicket-taker with 9 wickets in 6 matches, scored 66 runs in 5 innings and was named Player of the Series. Pakistan had an average start in the Asia Cup with a defeat against India in the group stage, beating India & Afghanistan in a close encounter in Super 4, ending with 2 back-to-back defeats against Sri Lanka. India started the tournament as hot favourites defeating Pakistan; however, they could not win against them and Sri Lanka in the super 4 and got knocked out of the tournament. Afghanistan was the only team in the tournament to defeat the eventual winners Sri Lanka.

Pakistan was awarded to host the tournament.^[21] However, Indian cricket team was reluctant to visit Pakistan to participate in the tournament. So, after a lot of deliberation, India agreed to play in a hybrid model where India will play all their matches in another country and few other matches will be hosted in Pakistan. Thus, it was the first Asia Cup to be co-hosted by multiple countries; four matches were played in Pakistan, and the remaining nine matches were played in Sri Lanka.^[22] The five full members of the Asian Cricket Council were joined by Nepal, who made their ACC Asia Cup debut having qualified for the first time in qualifying the 2023 ACC Men's Premier Cup. India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan qualified to play in the tournament. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka qualified to play the Super fours stage.

India and Sri Lanka, both got qualified for finals after two victories by each. The finals occurred in Sri Lanka. In a quick match, defending champions Sri Lanka lost to India by 10 wickets and got only 50 runs, giving target of 51 runs to the winning Indian team. It was 8th time win for India. Kuldeep Yadav was the Player of the Tournament due to his skilled bowling in the series.

Year	Format	Host Nation	Number of teams	Final Venue	Final
					Winner	Result	Runner-up
1984 Details	ODI	United Arab Emirates	3	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	India	No finals; India won the tournament via Round-robin format	Sri Lanka
1986 Details	ODI	Sri Lanka	3	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground, Colombo	Sri Lanka 195/5 (42.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (scorecard)	Pakistan 191/9 (45 overs)
1988 Details	ODI	Bangladesh	4	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	India 180/4 (37.1 overs)	India won by 6 wickets (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 176 (43.5 overs)
1990/91 Details	ODI	India	3	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	India 205/3 (42.1 overs)	India won by 7 wickets (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 204/9 (45 overs)
1995 Details	ODI	United Arab Emirates	4	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	India 233/2 (41.5 overs)	India won by 8 wickets (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 230/7 (50 overs)
1997 Details	ODI	Sri Lanka	4	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka 240/2 (36.5 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (scorecard)	India 239/7 (50 overs)
2000 Details	ODI	Bangladesh	4	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	Pakistan 277/4 (50 overs)	Pakistan won by 39 runs (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 238 (45.2 overs)
2004 Details	ODI	Sri Lanka	6	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka 228/9 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 25 runs (scorecard)	India 203/9 (50 overs)
2008 Details	ODI	Pakistan	6	National Stadium, Karachi	Sri Lanka 273 (49.5 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 100 runs (scorecard)	India 173 (39.3 overs)
2010 Details	ODI	Sri Lanka	4	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla	India 268/6 (50 overs)	India won by 81 runs (scorecard)	Sri Lanka 187 (44.4 overs)
2012 Details	ODI	Bangladesh	4	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	Pakistan 236/9 (50 overs)	Pakistan won by 2 runs (scorecard)	Bangladesh 234/8 (50 overs)
2014 Details	ODI	Bangladesh	5	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	Sri Lanka 261/5 (46.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets (scorecard)	Pakistan 260/5 (50 overs)
2016 Details	T20I	Bangladesh	5	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	India 122/2 (13.5 overs)	India won by 8 wickets (scorecard)	Bangladesh 120/5 (15 overs)
2018 Details	ODI	United Arab Emirates	6	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	India 223/7 (50 overs)	India won by 3 wickets (scorecard)	Bangladesh 222 (48.3 overs)
2022 Details	T20I	United Arab Emirates	6	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Sri Lanka 170/6 (20 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 23 runs (scorecard)	Pakistan 147 (20 overs)
2023 Details	ODI	Pakistan  Sri Lanka	6	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India 51/0 (6.1 overs)	India won by 10 wickets Scorecard	Sri Lanka 50 (15.2 overs)
2025 Details	T20I	India	6
2027 Details	ODI	Bangladesh
2029 Details	T20I	Pakistan
2031 Details	ODI	Sri Lanka

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past Asia Cup ODI and T20I tournaments.

Team	Appearances			Best result
	Total	First	Latest
India	15	1984	2023	Champions (1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2023)
Sri Lanka	16	1984	2023	Champions (1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2022)
Pakistan	15	1984	2023	Champions (2000, 2012)
Bangladesh	15	1986	2023	Runners-up (2012, 2016, 2018)
Afghanistan	4	2014	2023	Super Four (2018, 2022)
Hong Kong	4	2004	2022	Group stage (2004, 2008, 2018, 2022)
United Arab Emirates	3	2004	2016	Group stage (2004, 2008, 2016)
Nepal	1	2023	2023	Group stage (2023)

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past Asia Cup ODI tournaments.^[23]

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
India	13	1984	2023	Champions (1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, 2018, 2023)	55	35	17	1	2	66.98
Sri Lanka	14	1984	2023	Champions (1986, 1997, 2004, 2008, 2014)	56	38	17	0	0	67.85
Pakistan	13	1984	2023	Champions (2000, 2012)	50	28	20	0	2	58.33
Bangladesh	13	1986	2023	Runners-up (2012, 2018)	48	9	39	0	0	18.75
Afghanistan	3	2014	2023	Super Four (2018)	11	3	7	1	0	31.81
Hong Kong	3	2004	2018	Group stage (2004, 2008, 2018)	6	0	6	0	0	0.00
Nepal	1	2023	2023	Group stage (2023)	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
United Arab Emirates	2	2004	2008	Group stage (2004, 2008)	4	0	4	0	0	0.00

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the Asia Cup T20I tournament.^[3]

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
India	2	2016	2022	Champions (2016)	10	8	2	0	0	80.00
Sri Lanka	2	2016	2022	Champions (2022)	10	6	4	0	0	60.00
Pakistan	2	2016	2022	Runners-up (2022)	10	5	5	0	0	50.00
Bangladesh	2	2016	2022	Runners-up (2016)	7	3	4	0	0	42.85
Afghanistan	1	2022	2022	Super Four (2022)	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
United Arab Emirates	1	2016	2016	Group stage (2016)	4	0	4	0	0	00.00
Hong Kong	1	2022	2022	Group stage (2022)	2	0	2	0	0	00.00

Note:

• The win percentage excludes no-result matches and counts ties as half a win.
• Teams are sorted by best result, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by alphabetical order.

An overview of the teams' performances in every Asia Cup:

India has most titles i.e. 8, while Sri Lanka has second highest 6.

Host Team	1984 ODI (3)	1986 ODI (3)	1988 ODI (4)	1990-91 ODI (3)	1995 ODI (4)	1997 ODI (4)	2000 ODI (4)	2004 ODI (6)	2008 ODI (6)	2010 ODI (4)	2012 ODI (4)	2014 ODI (5)	2016 T20I (5)	2018 ODI (6)	2022 T20I (6)	2023 ODI (6)	2025 T20I (6)
Afghanistan	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	—	—	4th	DNQ	4th	4th	GS	Q
Bahrain	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ
Bangladesh	—	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	2nd	5th	2nd	2nd	GS	3rd	Q
Hong Kong	—	DNQ	—	—	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	—	DNQ	GS	GS	DNQ	DNQ
India	1st	WD	1st	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	Q
Kuwait	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Malaysia	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Nepal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	GS	DNQ
Oman	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Pakistan	3rd	2nd	3rd	WD	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	4th	Q
Qatar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ
Saudi Arabia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ
Singapore	—	DNQ	—	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	—	—	—	—	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Sri Lanka	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	4th	1st	4th	GS	1st	2nd	Q
United Arab Emirates	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GS	GS	—	—	—	5th	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Q

Year	Teams
1984	India,  Pakistan,  Sri Lanka
1986	Bangladesh
2004	Hong Kong,  United Arab Emirates
2014	Afghanistan
2023	Nepal

Year	Teams
2000	Hong Kong,  Japan,  Kuwait,  Malaysia,    Nepal,  Singapore, United Arab Emirates
2006	Afghanistan,  Bahrain,  Bhutan,  Brunei,  Iran,  Myanmar,  Oman,  Qatar,  Saudi Arabia,  Thailand
2016	All participating cricket teams had T20I status
2018	Nepal and  United Arab Emirates had ODI status
2022	All participating cricket teams had T20I status
2023	Nepal,  Oman and  United Arab Emirates had ODI status
2024	All participating cricket teams had T20I status

Rank	Teams	Appearance	Titles	Runners-up
1	India	15	8	3
2	Sri Lanka	16	6	7
2	Pakistan	15	2	3
4	Bangladesh	15	0	3

#	Year	Host	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Teams
1	1984	UAE	IND	SRI	PAK				3
2	1986	SRI	SRI	PAK	BAN				3
3	1988	BAN	IND	SRI	PAK	BAN			4
4	1990	IND	IND	SRI	BAN				3
5	1995	UAE	IND	SRI	PAK	BAN			4
6	1997	SRI	SRI	IND	PAK	BAN			4
7	2000	BAN	PAK	SRI	IND	BAN			4
8	2004	SRI	SRI	IND	PAK	BAN	UAE	HKG	6
9	2008	PAK	SRI	IND	PAK	BAN	UAE	HKG	6
10	2010	SRI	IND	SRI	PAK	BAN			4
11	2012	BAN	PAK	BAN	IND	SRI			4
12	2014	BAN	SRI	PAK	IND	AFG	BAN		5
13	2016	BAN	IND	BAN	PAK	SRI	UAE		5
14	2018	UAE	IND	BAN	PAK	AFG	HKG	SRI	6
15	2022	UAE	SRI	PAK	IND	AFG	BAN	HKG	6
16	2023	PAK  SRI	IND	SRI	BAN	PAK	AFG	NEP	6
17	2025	IND							6

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India (IND)	8	3	4	15
2	Sri Lanka (SRI)	6	7	0	13
3	Pakistan (PAK)	2	3	9	14
4	Bangladesh (BAN)	0	3	3	6
Totals (4 entries)		16	16	16	48

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	L	D	NR	W%
1	India	15	65	43	19	1	2	66.15%
2	Sri Lanka	16	66	43	23	0	0	65.15%
3	Pakistan	15	60	33	25	0	2	55%
4	Bangladesh	15	55	12	43	0	0	21.81%
5	Afghanistan	4	16	5	10	1	0	31.25%
6	Nepal	1	2	0	2	0	0	0%
7	United Arab Emirates	3	8	0	8	0	0	0%
8	Hong Kong	4	8	0	8	0	0	0%

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