1984 Asia Cup
 1984 Rothmans Asia Cup logo | |
| Dates | 6 – 13 April 1984 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host | United Arab Emirates |
| Champions |  India (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 3 |
| Matches | 3 |
| Player of the series | Surinder Khanna |
| Most runs | Surinder Khanna (107) |
| Most wickets | Ravi Shastri (4) |
The 1984 Asia Cup (also known as the Rothmans Asia Cup) was the inaugural edition of the Asia Cup. It was held in Sharjah, UAE, which was the location of the newly formed Asian Cricket Council. The new tournament was held between April 6–13, in 1984 and three teams took part: India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium hosted its first One Day International (ODI) match.[1]
The 1984 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. India won both its matches, winning the inaugural Cup. Sri Lanka came in second while Pakistan lost both its matches.
Squads
| Squads[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| India
|
Sri Lanka
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 Pakistan
| |
| Sunil Gavaskar (c) | Duleep Mendis (c) | Zaheer Abbas (c) | |
| Surinder Khanna (wk) | Brendon Kuruppu (wk) | Mohsin Khan | |
| Ghulam Parkar | Sidath Wettimuny | Saadat Ali | |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | Roy Dias | Mudassar Nazar | |
| Sandeep Patil | Ranjan Madugalle | Javed Miandad | |
| Ravi Shastri | Arjuna Ranatunga | Saleem Malik | |
| Kirti Azad | Aravinda de Silva | Abdul Qadir | |
| Roger Binny | Uvais Karnain | Shahid Mahboob | |
| Madan Lal | Ravi Ratnayeke | Sarfraz Nawaz | |
| Manoj Prabhakar | Somachandra De Silva | Anil Dalpat (wk) | |
| Chetan Sharma | Vinothen John | Rashid Khan | |
| - | - | Qasim Umar | |
| - | - | Azeem Hafeez | |
Matches
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.212 | Champions |
| 2 | Sri Lanka
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.489 | |
| 3 | Pakistan
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.059 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo
13 April 1984
Scorecard |
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Surinder Khanna 56 (72)
Shahid Mahboob 1/23 (10 overs) |
Mohsin Khan 35 (65)
Roger Binny 3/33 (9.4 overs) |
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surinder Khanna
|
2 | 2 | 107 | 107.00 | 75.88 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Zaheer Abbas
|
2 | 2 | 74 | 37.00 | 65.48 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Roy Dias
|
2 | 2 | 62 | 62.00 | 50.81 | 57* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohsin Khan
|
2 | 2 | 62 | 31.71 | 31.00 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ghulam Parkar
|
2 | 2 | 54 | 54.00 | 43.90 | 32* | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[3] | ||||||||||
Most wickets
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Shastri
|
2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 3.11 | 13.25 | 3/40 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Madan Lal
|
2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2.28 | 10.66 | 3/11 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.80 | 12.66 | 3/38 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chetan Sharma
|
2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2.66 | 13.33 | 3/22 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Binny
|
2 | 2 | 3 | 16.4 | 3.48 | 19.33 | 3/33 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[4] | ||||||||||
References
- ^ "This day that year - Sharjah Cricket Stadium hosts its first international match". The National. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Cricinfo Asia Cup page Cricinfo. Retrieved on 14 September 2021
- ^ "Rothmans Asia Cup, 1983/84 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Rothmans Asia Cup, 1983/84 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-06.