1990-91_Asia_Cup

1990–91 Asia Cup

1990–91 Asia Cup

Cricket tournament in India

The 1990–91 Asia Cup was the fourth Asia Cup tournament, and was held in India between 25 December 1990, and 4 January 1991. Three teams took part in the tournament: India, Sri Lanka and Asian leading associate member Bangladesh. Pakistan had pulled out of the tournament due to strained political relations with India.

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The 1990–91 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 and Sri Lanka qualified for the final in which India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets to win its second consecutive (and third in total) Asia Cup.

Squads

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Venues

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Matches

Group stage

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25 December 1990
Scorecard
Bangladesh 
170/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
171/1 (36.5 overs)
Faruk Ahmed 57 (126)
Kapil Dev 2/17 (8 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 104 (109)
Athar Ali Khan 1/23 (6 overs)
India won by 9 wickets
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Navjot Sidhu (Ind)
28 December 1990
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Sri Lanka 
214 (49.2 overs)
v
 India
178 (45.5 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 53 (105)
Atul Wassan 3/28 (10 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 40 (61)
Rumesh Ratnayake 3/24 (6.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 36 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (Ind) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
31 December 1990
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
249/4 (45 overs)
v
 Bangladesh
178/9 (45 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 89 (60)
Azhar Hossain 1/33 (9 overs)
Athar Ali Khan 78* (95)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/39 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 71 runs
Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Umpires: Subrata Banerjee (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Athar Ali Khan (Ban)

Final

4 January 1991
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
204/9 (45 overs)
v
 India
205/3 (42.1 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 49 (57)
Kapil Dev 4/31 (9 overs)
Sanjay Manjrekar 75* (95)
Arjuna Ranatunga 1/12 (2 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Piloo Reporter (Ind)
Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)

Statistics

Most runs

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Most wickets

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    ESPNcricinfo Asia Cup page ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 22 September 2021
  2. [2]
    "Asia Cup 1990-91, third match, Bangladesh v Sri Lanka". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  3. [3]
    India v Sri Lanka, Asia Cup 1990/91 (Final) at CricketArchive (subscription required)
  4. [4]
    "Asia Cup, 1990/91 Cricket Team Records & Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. [5]
    "Asia Cup, 1990/91 Cricket Team Records & Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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