2012 Asia Cup
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| Dates | 11 March – 22 March[1] |
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| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin,Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Bangladesh |
| Champions |  Pakistan(2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Bangladesh |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Player of the series | Shakib Al Hasan[2][3] |
| Most runs |  Virat Kohli(357)[4] |
| Most wickets | Umar Gul(9)[5] |
The2012 Asia Cup(also calledMicromax Asia Cup) was an internationalcrickettournament held in Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Like the previous event, the tournament featured the four Test-playing nations from Asia:Bangladesh,India,PakistanandSri Lanka.India entered the tournament as the defending2010 Asia CupPakistan won the tournament by beating Bangladesh in the final by 2 runs.[6][7][8][9]
Background
[edit]China was interested to host the Asia Cup atGuangzhou[10]but it was decided by theAsian Cricket CouncilthatBangladeshwill host the event. It was the third time Bangladesh hosted the event after1988and2000.
The event was supposed to be held between 1 and 11 March 2012, but was rescheduled to avoid conflicting with theODI tri-series in Australiathat also included Sri Lanka and India, which ended on 8 March. The tournament was played from 11 to 22 March.[11]
Venues
[edit]All the 7 matches were played atSher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium,Mirpur.[12]
| City | Venue | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirpur,Dhaka | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium |
26,000 | 7 |
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Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium
Venue in Bangladesh
Match Officials
[edit]Umpires from neutral countries:
Umpires from participating countries:
Match Referee:
Squads
[edit]| Bangladesh[13]
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India[14]
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Pakistan[15]
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 Sri Lanka[16]
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Notes
- ^Withdrawn on 14 March 2012 due to injury. Replaced withShaminda Eranga.
Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pakistan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.444 | 780/139.5 | 759/147.5 |
| 2 | Bangladesh
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.022 | 746/136.3 | 762/140 |
| 3 | India
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.377 | 923/147.5 | 876/149.2 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.887 | 653/140 | 705/127 |
Source:[18]
Points system:[18]
- Win:4 points
- Loss:no points
- Tie/No result:2 points
- Bonus point:If a team wins, with a run rate ≥ 1.25 times that of the opposing team, that team gets 1 bonus point. (A team's run rate is number of runs scored divided by number of overs faced, except that a team is treated as having faced the full 50 overs if it loses all of its wickets)
If two or more teams have the same number of points, the right to play in the final is determined as follows:
- The team having the higher number of wins.
- If two or more teams have same number of wins, the team with more winsagainst the other teams who have equal number of points and wins.(Head to head)
- If still equal, the team with the higher number of bonus points.
- If still equal, the team with the greaternet run rate.
Matches
[edit]Group stage matches
[edit]1st Match
[edit]All times local (UTC+06:00)
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
2nd Match
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
3rd Match
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan earned a bonus point.
4th Match
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Sachin Tendulkar(Ind) became the first batsman to score100 centuries in international cricket.[19][20]
5th Match
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Virat Kohli's score was the highest individual innings for a batsman in the Asia Cup.[21][22]
- Virat Kohli's innings was the highest individual innings for a batsman against Pakistan in anODI.[21][22]
- Nasir JamshedandMohammad Hafeez's opening partnership of 224 is a record for Pakistan versus India.[21][22][23]
- This wasSachin Tendulkar's,Yusuf Pathan's andPraveen Kumar's last ODI match
6th Match
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced Bangladesh's innings to 40 overs, target revised to 212 byDuckworth-Lewis method.[24]
- Bangladesh qualified for the finals for the first time due to head to head record against India and This is the first time that Sri Lanka failed to eligible to Asian cup finals since 1984[25][26]
Final
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Records and statistics
[edit]Batting
[edit]| Player | Team | Matches | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virat Kohli | India
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3 | 357 | 119 | 102 | 183 | 2 | 1 |
| Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh
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4 | 253 | 63.25 | 80.831 | 70 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan
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4 | 245 | 61.25 | 67.867 | 105 | 1 | 1 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh
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4 | 237 | 59.25 | 110.233 | 68 | 0 | 3 |
| Nasir Jamshed | Pakistan
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4 | 193 | 48.25 | 96.02 | 112 | 1 | 1 |
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Bowling
[edit]| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Runs | Average | SR | BBI | ECon. | 4W |
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| Umar Gul | Pakistan
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4 | 9 | 208 | 23.111 | 24 | 3/58 | 5.778 | 0 |
| Saeed Ajmal | Pakistan
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4 | 8 | 161 | 20.125 | 28.25 | 3/27 | 4.274 | 0 |
| Aizaz Cheema | Pakistan
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4 | 8 | 196 | 24.5 | 24.75 | 4/43 | 5.939 | 1 |
| Abdur Razzak | Bangladesh
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4 | 6 | 154 | 25.667 | 40 | 2/26 | 3.85 | 0 |
| Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh
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4 | 6 | 177 | 29.5 | 39.833 | 2/44 | 4.444 | 0 |
| Source:ESPNCricinfo[5] | |||||||||
Most Man of the match
[edit]| Player | No. of Awards |
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| Virat Kohli |
2 |
| Shakib Al Hasan
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| Mohammad Hafeez |
1 |
| Aizaz Cheema
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| Shahid Afridi |
Man of the match in Final |
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