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.
| 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) |
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 |
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) |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Kaushalya Weeraratne (SL) made his ODI debut.
30 May 2000 (Scorecard) |
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Akram Khan 64 (52) Thiru Kumaran 3/54 (9 overs) |
Saurav Ganguly 135* (124) Enamul Haque 1/28 (5 overs) |
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mushfiqur Rahman (Ban) and Hemang Badani (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
1 June 2000 (scorecard) |
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Sachin Tendulkar 93 (95) Kaushalya Weeraratne 3/46 (9 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
2 June 2000 (scorecard) |
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Imran Nazir 80 (76) Naimur Rahman 1/41 (10 overs) |
3 June 2000 Scorecard |
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- 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]
5 June 2000 Scorecard |
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Yousuf Youhana 90 (130) Sajeewa de Silva 2/34 (6 overs) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
7 June 2000 Scorecard |
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Saeed Anwar 82 (115) Nuwan Zoysa 2/44 (8 overs) |
Marvan Atapattu 100 (124) Arshad Khan 2/42 (10 overs) |
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] | ||||||||||
References
- Ganesh, AC (3 May 2000). "Asia Cup: No problem in selecting the probables". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- Sportstar, Team (17 September 2023). "IND vs SL: Sri Lanka 50 all out, records lowest Asia Cup total in final". Sportstar. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- "Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja make their last appearance for India". Cricket Country. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- "Asia Cup, 2000 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- "Asia Cup, 2000 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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