1997_Asia_Cup
1997 Asia Cup
Cricket tournament in Sri Lanka
The 1997 Asia Cup (also known as the Pepsi Asia Cup 1997) was the sixth Asia Cup tournament, and the second to be held in Sri Lanka. The tournament took place between July 14–26, 1997. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Quick Facts Administrator(s), Cricket format ...
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
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| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Sri Lanka |
| Champions | Sri Lanka (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Participants | 4 |
| Matches | 7 |
| Player of the series | Arjuna Ranatunga |
| Most runs | Arjuna Ranatunga (272) |
| Most wickets | Venkatesh Prasad (7) |
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The 1997 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 where Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup and ending India's three consecutive championship run.
More information Squads, India ...
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Group stage
More information Pld, W ...
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.035 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.405 |
 Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.940 |
 Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.895 |
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14 July 1997 Scorecard |
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| Sri Lanka won by 15 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
16 July 1997 Scorecard |
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| Pakistan won by 105 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Shyam Bansal (Ind) and B. C. Cooray (SL) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sheikh Salahuddin (Ban) made his ODI debut.
18 July 1997 Scorecard |
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| Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Mohammad Nazir (Pak) and Saleem Badar (Pak) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
20 July 1997 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain and bad light after 5 overs stopped the game, and Umpires reduced the overs per side to 33.
When the game resumed, it had to be called off again due to bad light.
21 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled SSCG, Colombo Umpires: B. C. Cooray (SL) and K. T. Francis (SL) |
22 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 103 runs SSCG, Colombo Umpires: Saleem Badar (Pak) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) |
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
- Mafizur Rahman (Ban) made his ODI debut.
24 July 1997 Scorecard |
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India won by 9 wickets SSCG, Colombo Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Mohammad Nazir (Pak) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Zakir Hasan (Ban) made his ODI debut.
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26 July 1997 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Mohammad Nazir (Pak) and Saleem Badar (Pak) Player of the match: MS Atapattu (SL) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nilesh Kulkarni (Ind) made his ODI debut.
Most runs
More information Player, Matches ...
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| Arjuna Ranatunga |
4 | 4 | 272 | 136.00 | 88.02 | 131* | 1 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| Marvan Atapattu |
4 | 4 | 255 | 85.00 | 73.91 | 84* | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
4 | 4 | 204 | 51.00 | 115.25 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
| Mohammad Azharuddin |
4 | 3 | 185 | 185.00 | 82.22 | 81* | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Athar Ali Khan |
3 | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 62.30 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| Source: Cricinfo[2] | ||||||||||
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Most wickets
More information Player, Matches ...
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
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| Venkatesh Prasad |
4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 6.07 | 17.00 | 4/17 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq |
3 | 2 | 6 | 19.3 | 6.53 | 12.66 | 5/38 | 19.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
4 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 6.27 | 24.50 | 4/49 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robin Singh |
4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 6.10 | 13.60 | 3/13 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chaminda Vaas |
3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 7.57 | 19.40 | 2/32 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[3] | ||||||||||
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- Cricinfo Asia Cup page Cricinfo. Retrieved on 17 September 2021
- "Pepsi Asia Cup, 1997 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- "Pepsi Asia Cup, 1997 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- Cricket archive tournament page
- ESPN Cricinfo: Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Jul 1997 http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61008.doc