2014 Asia Cup
| File:Asia Cup 2014 Logo.svg Logo of the 2014 Asia Cup | |
| Administrator(s) | Asian Cricket Council |
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| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
| Host(s) |  Bangladesh |
| Champions | [to be determined] |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 11 |
| Most runs |  Virat Kohli (184) |
| Most wickets | Mohammed Shami (7) |
The 2014 Asia Cup will be the 12th edition of the Asia Cup One Day International cricket tournament. The tournament will be held in Bangladesh from 25 February to 8 March 2014 with Pakistan as the defending champions.[1] The tournament will include the four Asian test-playing nations, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka; and ICC Associate member Afghanistan. This will be the first 50-over tournament in which Afghanistan has taken part. The total number of matches are 10 league matches with a final.[2]
Squads
 Afghanistan[3]
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Bangladesh[4]
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India[5][6]
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 Pakistan[7]
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 Sri Lanka[8]
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The squad for India had MS Dhoni as captain but he was ruled out due to injury and was replaced with Virat Kohli as captain andDinesh Karthik as wicket-keeper. Shakib Al Hasan suffers a match ban, hence he stays out of the first two matches against India and Afganistan. Tamim Iqbal has been ruled out due to injury from the Bangladesh squad.[9]
Venues
Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium
Venue in Bangladesh
| Fatullah | Dhaka |
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| Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Coordinates: 23°39′0.58″N 90°29′19.72″E / 23.6501611°N 90.4888111°E | Coordinates: 23°48′24.9″N 90°21′48.9″E / 23.806917°N 90.363583°E |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |
| File:Fatullah Stadium.jpg | 
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Schedule
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
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| Sri Lanka
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.168 | 8 |
| Pakistan
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.600 | 5 |
| India
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.018 | 4 |
| Bangladesh
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.384 | 0 |
| Afghanistan
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -.400 | 4 |
Fixtures and results
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat
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- India won the toss and elected to field
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field
Final
Records and statistics
Batting
| Player | Team | Matches | Runs | Balls | NO | AVG. | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| Umar Akmal | Pakistan
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2 | 176 | 161 | 1 | 176.00 | 109.31 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka
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2 | 170 | 149 | 0 | 85.00 | 114.09 | 117 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | Sri Lanka
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2 | 140 | 111 | 0 | 39.00 | 70.27 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Shikhar Dhawan | India
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2 | 122 | 158 | 0 | 61.00 | 77.21 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Source:[10]
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Overs | Runs | Econ. | AVG. | BBI | 4wi | 5wi |
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| Mohammed Shami | India
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2 | 7 | 10.0 | 50 | 5.00 | 12.50 | 4/50 | 1 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka
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2 | 6 | 19.5 | 110 | 5.54 | 18.33 | 5/52 | 0 | 1 |
| Ajantha Mendis | Sri Lanka
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2 | 4 | 10.0 | 60 | 6.00 | 15.00 | 4/60 | 1 | 0 |
| Umar Gul | Pakistan
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2 | 4 | 17.0 | 82 | 4.82 | 20.50 | 2/38 | 0 | 0 |
| Sachithra Senanayake | Sri Lanka
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2 | 4 | 19.0 | 88 | 4.63 | 22.00 | 3/41 | 0 | 0 |
Source:[11]
Achievements
- Match 2
- Mohammed Shami make his career best figure (10–1–50–4)
- Mushfiqur Rahim made his career high score of 117.
- Only the second time that both captains scored 100 runs.
- Match 4
- Ravichandran Ashwin takes 100 ODI Wickets for India.
- Sangakkara is 3rd batsman to reached 4,000 runs against India.
- Sangakkara made is 18th ODI Ton.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar is 2nd player for Stumped for a wide, without facing a Single ball (Diamond duck) in Cricket History.
References
- ^ "Pakistan to take part in Asia Cup". Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
- ^ "Asia Cup 2014 Schedule".
- ^ ESPNCricinfo staff (17 February 2014). "Afghanistan name uncapped Tarakai for World T20". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2014-02-20T13:30:00Z.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ ESPNCricinfo staff (22 February 2014). "Injured Tamim ruled out of Asia Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2014-02-23T10:00:00Z.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ ESPNCricinfo staff (11 February 2014). "Raina out of Asia Cup squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2014-02-20T13:30:00Z.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ ESPNCricinfo staff (20 February 2014). "Dhoni out of Asia Cup with side strain". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2014-02-21T09:15:00Z.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ ESPNCricinfo staff (14 February 2014). "Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal recalled for World T20". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2014-02-20T13:30:00Z.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ ESPNCricinfo staff (17 February 2014). "No surprises in SL World T20 squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2014-02-20T13:30:00Z.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ ESPNCricinfo staff (22 February 2014). "Injury rules Tamim out of Asia Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2014-02-23T16:30:00Z.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Records / Asia Cup, 2014 / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. 28 February 2014.
- ^ "Asia Cup, 2014 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 February 2014.