The 2012 Asia Cup (also called Micromax Asia Cup) was an international cricket tournament 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, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India entered the tournament as the defending 2010 Asia Cup Pakistan won the tournament by beating Bangladesh in the final by 2 runs.[6][7][8][9]
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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] |
Background edit
China was interested to host the Asia Cup at Guangzhou[10] but it was decided by the Asian Cricket Council that Bangladesh will host the event. It was the third time Bangladesh hosted the event after 1988 and 2000.
The event was supposed to be held between 1 and 11 March 2012, but was rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the ODI tri-series in Australia that 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 at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpur.[12]
| City | Venue | Capacity | Matches |
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| 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:
- Ian Gould
- Paul Reiffel- - Steve Davis
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- ^ Withdrawn on 14 March 2012 due to injury.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 with Shaminda Eranga.
Points table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | For | Against |
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| 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 wins against 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 greater net 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 edit
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
3rd Match edit
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan earned a bonus point.
4th Match edit
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) became the first batsman to score 100 centuries in international cricket.[19][20]
5th Match edit
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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 an ODI.[21][22]
- Nasir Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez's opening partnership of 224 is a record for Pakistan versus India.[21][22][23]
- This was Sachin Tendulkar's and Praveen Kumar's last ODI match
6th Match edit
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced Bangladesh's innings to 40 overs, target revised to 212 by Duckworth-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 edit
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Records and statistics edit
Batting edit
| Player | Team | Matches | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100s | 50s |
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| 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 |
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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 |
References edit
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- ^ "Asia Cup – Final". ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Pakistan wins Asia Cup tournament in a nail biting final". Asian Tribune. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Records / Asia Cup, 2011/12 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Records / Asia Cup, 2011/12 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ "Ban vs Pak: Pakistan beat Bangladesh in thrilling final to clinch Asia Cup". The Times of India. 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Diwan, Kunal (22 March 2012). "Heartbreak for Bangladesh, high fives for Pakistan in Asia Cup final". Yahoo! Cricket. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Purohit, Abhishek (22 March 2012). "Pakistan prevail over gutsy Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ Koshie, Nihal (22 March 2012). "Two runs too far". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ "Asia Cup 2012 Itinerary". Altius Cricket. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Asia Cup rescheduled". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
- ^ "Shere Bangla National Stadium". ESPNcricinfo. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Asia Cup: Tamim out of Bangladesh squad, Mortaza returns". ESPNcricinfo. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Asia Cup: Sehwag rested; Yusuf and Dinda back". Yahoo! Cricket. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "Asia Cup: Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed in Pakistan squad". ESPNcricinfo. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- ^ "Asia Cup: Herath left out of Asia Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Thawfeeq, Sa'adi (14 March 2012). "Shaminda Eranga picked to replace Mathews". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Points Table | Asia Cup | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Ravindran, Siddarth (16 March 2012). "Tendulkar scores his 100th international century". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ "Sachin Tendulkar finally hits 100th international century". The Times of India. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Gupta, Rajneesh (18 March 2012). "Statistical highlights, Ind vs Pak, Asia Cup". Cricketnext.in.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ a b c Ramakrishnan, Madhusudhan (18 March 2012). "Kohli's mastery of chases". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ Purohit, Abhishek. "Kohli demolishes Pakistan in record chase". Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ^ "Cricket-Rain delays start of Bangladesh innings v Sri Lanka". Reuters. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ "Tamim, Shakib lead Bangladesh into final". Stabroek News. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ Balachandran, Kanishkaa (20 March 2012). "Team effort takes Bangladesh to historic final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ "Bangladesh win toss, put Pak to bat". Hindustan Times. 22 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ^ a b Ramakrishnan, Madhusudhan (22 March 2012). "Middle-over batting costs Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2012.