The 1995 Asia Cup (also known as the Pepsi Asia Cup), was the fifth Asia Cup tournament, and the second to be held in Sharjah, UAE. The tournament took place between April 5–14, 1995. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  UAE |
| Champions |  India (4th title) |
| Runners-up |  Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Player of the series | Navjot Sidhu |
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (205) |
| Most wickets | Anil Kumble (7) |
The 1995 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka all had four points at the end of the round-robin stage, but India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final on the basis of better run-rates. India beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to win its third consecutive (and fourth in total) Asia Cup.
Squads edit
Matches edit
Group stage edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.856 |
| Sri Lanka |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.701 |
 Pakistan |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.596 |
 Bangladesh |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.933 |
5 April 1995
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- Sajjad Ahmed, Khaled Mashud, Javed Omar, Mohammad Rafique and Anisur Rahman (all Ban), and Utpal Chatterjee (Ind) made their debut in ODIs.
6 April 1995
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- Chamara Dunusinghe (SL), and Habibul Bashar and Hasibul Hossain (both Ban) made their debut in ODIs.
9 April 1995
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- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the youngest player to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs.[2]
Final edit
Statistics edit
Most runs edit
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar
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4 | 4 | 205 | 68.33 | 109.62 | 112* | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu
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4 | 4 | 197 | 98.50 | 80.40 | 84* | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq
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3 | 3 | 190 | 95.00 | 86.75 | 88 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya
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4 | 4 | 134 | 33.50 | 87.01 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Manoj Prabhakar
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4 | 4 | 122 | 40.66 | 64.89 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[3] | ||||||||||
Most wickets edit
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble
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4 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 3.86 | 19.85 | 2/23 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Venkatesh Prasad
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3 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 4.00 | 18.66 | 3/37 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaqib Javed
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2 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 2.52 | 9.60 | 5/19 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saiful Islam
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3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 4.54 | 20.00 | 4/36 | 19.2 | 1 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan
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3 | 3 | 5 | 28.2 | 3.91 | 22.20 | 4/23 | 26.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[4] | ||||||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Cricinfo Asia Cup page Cricinfo. Retrieved on 17 September 2021
- ^ "On This Day in 1995: Sachin Tendulkar Became Youngest Cricketer to Score 3,000 ODI Runs - News18". News18.com. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Pepsi Asia Cup, 1994/95 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- ^ "Pepsi Asia Cup, 1994/95 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
- Cricket Archive: Pepsi Asia Cup 1994/95 http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/UAE/1994-95_UAE_Pepsi_Asia_Cup_1994-95.html
- CricInfo: Asia Cup, 1995 http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/