2000 Asia Cup

2000 Asia Cup (as called Pepsi Asia Cup) was the seventh edition of the Asia Cup for cricket, which was held in Bangladesh between 29 May – 7 June 2000.^[1] India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh took part in the tournament. Pakistan won their first ever Asia cup 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.

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)
Runners-up	Sri Lanka
Participants	4
Matches	7
Player of the series	Yousuf Youhana
Most runs	Yousuf Youhana (295)
Most wickets	Abdul Razzaq (8)
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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
Dhaka

Squads

Bangladesh	India	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Aminul Islam (c)	Sourav 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
Mohammad Manjural Islam	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 Haque	Amit Bhandari	Mohammad Akram	Nuwan Zoysa
Hasibul Hossain	Nayan Mongia (wk)	Azhar Mahmood	Muttiah Muralitharan
Shafiuddin Ahmed	Nikhil Chopra	Shabbir Ahmed	Sajeewa de Silva
Mushfiqur Rahman	Sunil Joshi	Arshad Khan	Kaushalya Weeraratne

Group stage table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	0	6	+1.920
2	Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	4	+1.077
3	India	3	1	2	0	2	−0.416
4	Bangladesh	3	0	3	0	0	−2.800

Match summary

29 May 2000 (Scorecard)

Bangladesh  175/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 178/1 (30.4 overs)
Javed Omar 85* (146) Chaminda Vaas 2/28 (10 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 96 (93) Mohammad Rafique 1/42 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: S Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Saleem Badar (Pak) Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Kaushalya Weeraratne (SL) made his ODI debut.

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30 May 2000 (Scorecard)

Bangladesh  249/6 (50 overs)	v	India 252/2 (40.1 overs)
Akram Khan 64 (52) Thiru Kumaran 3/54 (9 overs)		Saurav Ganguly 135* (124) Enamul Haque 1/28 (5 overs)

India won by 8 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Mohammad Nazir (Pak) Player of the match: Saurav Ganguly (Ind)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mushfiqur Rahman (Ban) and Hemang Badani (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.

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1 June 2000 (scorecard)

Sri Lanka  276/8 (50 overs)	v	India 205 (45 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 105 (116) Sachin Tendulkar 2/44 (8 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 93 (95) Kaushalya Weeraratne 3/46 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 71 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Saleem Badar (Pak) and Mohammad Nazir (Pak) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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2 June 2000 (scorecard)

Pakistan  320/3 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh 87 (34.2 overs)
Imran Nazir 80 (76) Naimur Rahman 1/41 (10 overs)		Habibul Bashar 23 (44) Abdul Razzaq 3/5 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 233 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: S Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Imran Nazir (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bangladesh's 87 was the lowest total in Asia Cup tournaments by any team until Sri Lanka's 50 in 2023.^[2]

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3 June 2000 Scorecard

Pakistan  295/7 (50 overs)	v	India 251 (47.4 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 100 (112) Anil Kumble 3/43 (10 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 93 (103) Abdul Razzaq 4/29 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 44 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and Asoka de Silva (SL) Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
• Amit Bhandari (Ind) made his ODI debut.
• Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja (Ind) both played their last international match.^[3]

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5 June 2000 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  192 (49 overs)	v	Pakistan 193/3 (48.2 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 62 (102) Azhar Mahmood 3/24 (8 overs)		Yousuf Youhana 90 (130) Sajeewa de Silva 2/34 (6 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

7 June 2000 Scorecard

Pakistan  277/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 238 (45.2 overs)
Saeed Anwar 82 (115) Nuwan Zoysa 2/44 (8 overs)		Marvan Atapattu 100 (124) Arshad Khan 2/42 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 39 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Moin Khan (Pak)

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	SR	HS	100	50	4s	6s
Yousuf Youhana	4	4	295	147.50	73.75	100*	1	2	23	4
Marvan Atapattu	4	4	245	81.66	72.27	100	1	1	18	1
Sanath Jayasuriya	4	4	183	45.75	87.55	105	1	0	23	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq	4	4	175	87.50	109.37	75*	0	2	16	3
Sourav Ganguly	3	3	156	78.00	92.85	135*	1	0	9	7
Source: Cricinfo[4]

Most wickets

Player	Matches	Innings	Wickets	Overs	Econ.	Ave.	BBI	S/R	4WI	5WI
Abdul Razzaq	3	3	8	19.2	3.82	9.25	4/29	14.5	1	0
Azhar Mahmood	4	4	5	30	3.53	21.20	3/24	36.0	0	0
Ajit Agarkar	3	3	5	30	4.63	27.80	2/47	36.0	0	0
Arshad Khan	4	4	5	38	3.68	28.00	2/42	45.6	0	0
Wasim Akram	3	3	4	20	4.05	20.25	2/38	30.0	0	0
Source: Cricinfo[5]