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{{Short description|Cricket tournament in the United Arab Emirates}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1984 Asia Cup
| image =
| imagesize = 100px
| caption = Asia Cup Logo
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
| host = {{flag|UAE}}
| champions = {{cr|IND}}
| runner up = {{cr|SL}}
| count = 1
| participants = 3
| matches = 3
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Surinder Khanna]]
| most runs = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Surinder Khanna]] (107)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ravi Shastri]] (4)
| previous_year =
| previous_tournament =
| next_year = 1986
| next_tournament = 1986 Asia Cup
}}

The '''1984 Asia Cup''' (also known as the '''Rothmans Asia Cup''') was the first edition of the [[Asia Cup]]. It was held in [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]], [[UAE]], which was the location of the newly formed [[Asian Cricket Council]]. The new tournament was held between April 6–13, in 1984 and three teams took part: [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]. The [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]] hosted its first [[One Day International]] (ODI) match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/sport/cricket/this-day-that-year-sharjah-cricket-stadium-hosts-its-first-international-match-1.1002068 |title=This day that year - Sharjah Cricket Stadium hosts its first international match |work=The National |accessdate=6 April 2020}}</ref>

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.

==Squads==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:auto; margin:auto"
|-
! colspan=4 | Squads<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rothmans-asia-cup-1983-84-60840 Cricinfo Asia Cup page] Cricinfo. Retrieved on 14 September 2021</ref>
|-
! {{cr|IND}} (2)
! {{cr|SRI}} (7)
! {{cr|PAK}} (8)
|-
| [[Sunil Gavaskar]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) || [[Duleep Mendis]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) || [[Zaheer Abbas]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
|-
| [[Surinder Khanna]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]]) || [[Brendon Kuruppu]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]]) || [[Mohsin Khan (cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]]
|-
| [[Ghulam Parkar]] || [[Sidath Wettimuny]] || [[Saadat Ali]]
|-
| [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] || [[Roy Dias]] || [[Mudassar Nazar]]
|-
| [[Sandeep Patil]] || [[Ranjan Madugalle]] || [[Javed Miandad]]
|-
| [[Ravi Shastri]] || [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] || [[Saleem Malik]]
|-
| [[Kirti Azad]] || [[Aravinda de Silva]] || [[Abdul Qadir (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]]
|-
| [[Roger Binny]] || [[Uvais Karnain]] || [[Shahid Mahboob]]
|-
| [[Madan Lal]] || [[Ravi Ratnayeke]] || [[Sarfraz Nawaz]]
|-
| [[Manoj Prabhakar]] || [[Somachandra De Silva]] || [[Anil Dalpat]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
|-
| [[Chetan Sharma]] || [[Vinothen John]] || [[Rashid Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Rashid Khan]]
|-
| - || - || [[Qasim Umar]]
|-
| - || - || [[Azeem Hafeez]]
|}

==Matches==
===Group stage===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! style="width:40%;"|Team
! style="width:8%;"|P
! style="width:8%;"|W
! style="width:8%;"|L
! style="width:8%;"|T
! style="width:8%;"|NR
! style="width:10%;"|NRR
! style="width:10%;"|Points
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|align=left| {{cr|IND}}
|| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || +4.212 || 8
|-
|align=left| {{cr|SRI}}
|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || +3.059 || 4
|-
|align=left| {{cr|PAK}}
|| 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || +3.489 || 0
|}

{{Limited overs international
| date = 6 April 1984
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 187/9 (46 overs)
| score2 = 190/5 (43.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Zaheer Abbas]] 47 (68)
| wickets1 = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] 3/38 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Roy Dias]] 57 (95)
| wickets2 = [[Abdul Qadir (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]] 2/42 (9 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rothmans-asia-cup-1983-84-60840/pakistan-vs-sri-lanka-1st-match-65668/full-scorecard Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (emirate)|Sharjah]], [[UAE]]
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Swaroop Kishen]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Roy Dias]] (SL)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 8 April 1984
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 96 (41 overs)
| score2 = 97/0 (21.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Ranjan Madugalle]] 38 (76)
| wickets1 = [[Madan Lal]] 3/11 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Surinder Khanna]] 51[[not out|*]] (69)
| wickets2 =
| result = India won by 10 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rothmans-asia-cup-1983-84-60840/india-vs-sri-lanka-2nd-match-65669/full-scorecard Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (emirate)|Sharjah]], [[UAE]]
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Shakoor Rana]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Surinder Khanna]] (Ind)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 13 April 1984
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 188/4 (46 overs)
| score2 = 134 (39.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Surinder Khanna]] 56 (72)
| wickets1 = [[Shahid Mahboob]] 1/23 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohsin Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]] 35 (65)
| wickets2 = [[Roger Binny]] 3/33 (9.4 overs)
| result = India won by 54 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rothmans-asia-cup-1983-84-60840/india-vs-pakistan-3rd-match-65670/full-scorecard Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (emirate)|Sharjah]], [[UAE]]
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Herbi Felsinger]] (SL)
| motm = [[Surinder Khanna]] (Ind)
}}

== Statistics ==

=== Most runs ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Player
!Matches
!Innings
!Runs
![[Batting average (cricket)|Average]]
!SR
!HS
!100
!50
!4s
!6s
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Surinder Khanna]]
|2
|2
|'''107'''
|107.00
|75.88
|56
|0
|2
|9
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Zaheer Abbas]]
|2
|2
|'''74'''
|37.00
|65.48
|47
|0
|0
|3
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|SL}} [[Roy Dias]]
|2
|2
|'''62'''
|62.00
|50.81
|57*
|0
|1
|1
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Mohsin Khan (cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]]
|2
|2
|'''62'''
|31.71
|31.00
|35
|0
|0
|3
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ghulam Parkar]]
|2
|2
|'''54'''
|54.00
|43.90
|32*
|0
|0
|5
|0
|-
! colspan="11" |Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rothmans Asia Cup, 1983/84 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=581&type=tournament|access-date=2021-11-06|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|}

=== Most wickets ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Player
!Matches
!Innings
!Wickets
!Overs
!Econ.
!Ave.
!BBI
!S/R
!4WI
!5WI
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ravi Shastri]]
|2
|2
|'''4'''
|17
|3.11
|13.25
|3/40
|25.5
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Madan Lal]]
|2
|2
|'''3'''
|14
|2.28
|10.66
|3/11
|28.0
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|SL}} [[Arjuna Ranatunga]]
|2
|1
|'''3'''
|10
|3.80
|12.66
|3/38
|20.0
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Chetan Sharma]]
|2
|2
|'''3'''
|15
|2.66
|13.33
|3/22
|30.0
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Roger Binny]]
|2
|2
|'''3'''
|16.4
|3.48
|19.33
|3/33
|33.3
|0
|0
|-
! colspan="11" |Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rothmans Asia Cup, 1983/84 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=581&type=tournament|access-date=2021-11-06|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/series/60840.html Cricinfo tournament page]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/UAE/1983-84_UAE_Rothmans_Asia_Cup_1983-84.html Cricket Archive: Rothmans Asia Cup 1983/84]
* [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/ CricInfo: Asia Cup (Ind Pak SL) in Sharjah: Apr 1984]

{{Asia Cup}}

[[Category:Asia Cup]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1980–81 to 1985]]
[[Category:1984 in cricket|Asia Cup, 1984]]
[[Category:1984 in Emirati sport]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in the United Arab Emirates]]

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