The Asia Cup was established in 1983. It’s a world men's one
day International cricket tournament. The primary tournament was held in 1984
in Sharjah within the United Arab Emirates. The primary match was Pakistan vs.
the new ICC member SriLanka. The tournament was won by India. SriLanka was the
host for the second edition, in 1986. India had pulled out of the tournament as
a result of soured cricketing relations with Sri Lanka when a controversial
series in SriLanka the previous year. Bangladesh was included for the primary
time. which time the cup was taken by Srilanka. The third edition, 1988, was
held in Bangladesh, the primary time that a multi-national cricket tournament
was held there. This was won by India for the second time beating Srilanka. The
fourth edition was held in India in 1990–91. Pakistan had pulled out of the
tournament as a result of strained political relations with India. India
retained its hold on the Cup defeating Sri Lanka within the final. In 1993 the
tournament was cancelled as a result of strained political relations between
India and Pakistan. The fifth edition, took the series back to Sharjah after a
gap of eleven years. In 1995, India and SriLanka made it to the final by virtue
of higher run rate than Pakistan as all 3 groups had equal points when the
preliminary spherical. India defeated Sri Lanka within the final for the third time.
The sixth edition was held in Sri Lanka in 1997. And now Srilanka took the
glori for the 2nd time. It absolutely was a straightforward victory for them
with eight wickets in hand. The seventh edition passed in Bangladesh for the
second time in 2000. Within the final, Pakistan beat Sri Lanka and lifted the
Asia Cup for the primary time. After four years, the eighth edition passed in
Sri Lanka. There was a amendment within the tournament format now. Alternative
Asian groups like were conjointly included for the primary time and also the
tournament was currently divided into 3 stages – the cluster stage, the
round-robin Super Fours and also the final. Sri Lanka and Pakistan topped the
cluster stage. And India and Sri Lanka topped the Super Four stage and reached
the ultimate. Srilanka won the ultimate all over again. The ninth edition of
the Asia Cup was held in Pakistan. Once again, the 2004 format was retained.
Sri Lanka beat India within the final comfortably to equal India with four Asia
Cup trophies. The eleventh edition of Asia Cup was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh
from March eleven to twenty two, 2012. This was confirmed by the Asian Cricket
Council on December fifteen, 2011. Pakistan and Bangladesh qualified to play
within the final, where Pakistan beat Bangladesh narrowly by 2 runs when an
exhilarating final over. Needing four runs of the last ball with a replacement
batsman on strike, Bangladesh managed to attain just one, handing Pakistan its
1st Asia Cup title since the 2000 edition, the second in all. Bangladesh played
the final for the first time ever.
