1984 Asia Cup

1984 Asia Cup

Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One-Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	India (1st title)
Participants	3
Matches	3
Player of the series	Surinder Khanna
Most runs	Surinder Khanna (107)
Most wickets	Ravi Shastri (4)

The 1984 Asia Cup (also known as the Rothmans Asia Cup) was held in Sharjah, UAE between April 6–13, 1984. Three teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The 1984 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. India won both its matches, winning the inaugural Cup. Sri Lanka came in second while Pakistan lost both its matches.

Matches

Group stage

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
India	2	2	0	0	0	+4.212	8
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	0	+3.059	4
Pakistan	2	0	2	0	0	+3.489	0

6 April 1984 (scorecard)

Pakistan 187/9 (46 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 190/5 (43.3 overs)
Zaheer Abbas 47 (68) Arjuna Ranatunga 3/38 (10 overs)		Roy Dias 57 (95) Abdul Qadir 2/42 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: Dickie Bird (ENG) & Swaroop Kishen (IND) Player of the match: Roy Dias

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8 April 1984 (scorecard)

Sri Lanka 96 (41 overs)	v	India 97/0 (21.4 overs)
Ranjan Madugalle 38 (76) Madan Lal 3/11 (8 overs)		Surinder Khanna 51* (69)

India by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: Dickie Bird (ENG) & Shakoor Rana (PAK) Player of the match: Surinder Khanna

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13 April 1984 (scorecard)

India 188/4 (46 overs)	v	Pakistan 134 (39.4 overs)
Surinder Khanna 56 (72) Shahid Mahboob 1/23 (10 overs)		Mohsin Khan 35 (65) Roger Binny 3/33 (9.4 overs)

India by 54 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: Dickie Bird (ENG) & Herbi Felsinger (SRI) Player of the match: Surinder Khanna

See also

• Asia Cup

References

• Cricket Archive: Rothmans Asia Cup 1983/84
• CricInfo: Asia Cup (Ind Pak SL) in Sharjah: Apr 1984

External links

• Cricinfo tournament page