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1988 Asia Cup

Cricket tournament in Bangladesh

Cricket tournament in Bangladesh

FieldValue
name1988 Asia Cup
imageLogo of Wills Asia Cup 88.png
captionWills Asia Cup 1988 logo
fromdate27 October
todate4 November 1988
administratorAsian Cricket Council
cricket formatOne Day International
tournament formatRound-robin
hostBangladesh
champions
runner up
count2
participants4
matches7
player of the seriesNavjot Sidhu
most runsIjaz Ahmed (192)
most wicketsArshad Ayub (9)
previous_year1986
previous_tournament1986 Asia Cup
next_year1990–91
next_tournament1990–91 Asia Cup

| player of the series = Navjot Sidhu

The 1988 Asia Cup (also known as the Wills Asia Cup) was the third Asia Cup tournament, held in Bangladesh between 26 October and 4 November 1988. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the host nation Bangladesh. The matches were the first-ever List A-classified being played in Bangladesh, then an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), their opponents all being Full Members.

The 1988 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other three once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final in which India defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets to win its second Asia Cup.

Squads

Squads
Dilip Vengsarkar (c)
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Navjot Singh Sidhu
Mohinder Amarnath
Mohammad Azharuddin
Kapil Dev
Kiran More (wk)
Sanjeev Sharma
Arshad Ayub
Maninder Singh
Narendra Hirwani
Ajay Sharma
Chandrakant Pandit

Venues

DhakaChattogram
Bangabandhu National StadiumMA Aziz Stadium
Capacity: 36,000Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 5Matches: 2
[[File: Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh.jpgthumb]][[File:M. A. Aziz Stadium 02.jpgthumb]]

Matches

Group stage

Final

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerMatchesInningsNORunsAverageSRHS100500Source: *Cricinfo*
PAK Ijaz Ahmed331**192**96.00103.78124*110
IND Navjot Sidhu441**179**59.6677.8276030
PAK Moin-ul-Atiq220**143**71.5079.00105100
SRI Athula Samarasekera441**140**46.6675.6766010
SRI Aravinda de Silva430**135**45.00107.1469010

Most wickets

PlayerMatchesInningsWicketsOversAve.Econ.BBI4WI5WISource: *Cricinfo*
IND Arshad Ayub44**9**36.0013.333.335/2101
SL Kapila Wijegunawardene44**8**32.0016.504.124/4910
SL Ravi Ratnayeke44**7**34.0018.853.884/2310
IND Kapil Dev44**6**28.216.503.492/1600
PAK Abdul Qadir3326.0017.003.923/2700

References

  • CricInfo: Asia Cup in Bangladesh (Bdesh Ind Pak SL) : Oct/Nov 1988 http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1988-89/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/

References

  1. [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/wills-asia-cup-1988-89-60889 Cricinfo Asia Cup page] Cricinfo. Retrieved on 17 September 2021
  2. "Wills Asia Cup, 1988/89 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com".
  3. "Wills Asia Cup, 1988/89 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com".
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