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{{Short description|Cricket tournament in the United Arab Emirates}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1995 Asia Cup
| fromdate = 5
| todate = 14 April 1995
| image = The Logo of 1995 Asia Cup.png
| imagesize =
| caption = Asia Cup Logo
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| host = United Arab Emirates
| champions = {{cr|IND}}
| runner up = {{cr|SL}}
| count = 4
| participants = 4
| matches = 7
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{cricon|IND}} [[Navjot Sidhu]]
| most runs = {{cricon|IND}} [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (205)
| most wickets = {{cricon|IND}} [[Anil Kumble]] (7)
| previous_year = 1990–91
| previous_tournament = 1990–91 Asia Cup
| next_year = 1997
| next_tournament = 1997 Asia Cup
}}

The '''1995 Asia Cup''' (also known as the '''Pepsi Asia Cup'''), was the fifth [[Asia Cup]] tournament, and the second to be held in [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]], [[UAE]]. The tournament took place between April 5–14, 1995. Four teams took part in the tournament: [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]].

The 1995 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. All the matches, including the final, were played at the [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]] in [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka all had four points at the end of the round-robin stage, but India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final on the basis of better run-rates. India beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets to win its third consecutive (and fourth in total) Asia Cup.

==Squads==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:auto; margin:auto"
|-
! colspan=4 | Squads<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pepsi-asia-cup-1994-95-60971 Cricinfo Asia Cup page] Cricinfo. Retrieved on 17 September 2021</ref>
|-
! {{cr|IND}}
! {{cr|SRI}}
! {{cr|PAK}}
! {{cr|BAN}}
|-
| [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) || [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) || [[Moin Khan]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) & ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]]) || [[Akram Khan (cricketer)|Akram Khan]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
|-
| [[Manoj Prabhakar]] || [[Asanka Gurusinha]] || [[Aamer Sohail]] || [[Athar Ali Khan]]
|-
| [[Sachin Tendulkar]] || [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] || [[Saeed Anwar]] || [[Javed Omar]]
|-
| [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] || [[Roshan Mahanama]] || [[Ghulam Ali (cricketer)|Ghulam Ali]] || [[Sajjad Ahmed (cricketer, born 1974)|Sajjad Ahmed]]
|-
| [[Sanjay Manjrekar]] || [[Aravinda de Silva]] || [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] || [[Aminul Islam (cricketer, born 1968)|Aminul Islam]]
|-
| [[Ajay Jadeja]] || [[Hashan Tillakaratne]] || [[Asif Mujtaba]] || [[Minhajul Abedin]]
|-
| [[Nayan Mongia]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]]) || [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]]) || [[Wasim Akram]] || [[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]]
|-
| [[Anil Kumble]] || [[Kumar Dharmasena]] || [[Zafar Iqbal (cricketer)|Zafar Iqbal]] || [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammad Rafique]]
|-
| [[Javagal Srinath]] || [[Chaminda Vaas]] || [[Naeem Ashraf]] || [[Khaled Mashud]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
|-
| [[Venkatesh Prasad]] || [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] || [[Nadeem Khan]] || [[Saiful Islam (cricketer, born 1969)|Saiful Islam]]
|-
| [[Aashish Kapoor]] || [[Janak Gamage]] || [[Aaqib Javed]] || [[Anisur Rahman (cricketer)|Anisur Rahman]]
|-
| [[Vinod Kambli]] || [[Ruwan Kalpage]] || [[Aamer Nazir]] || [[Habibul Bashar]]
|-
| [[Prashant Vaidya]] || [[Chamara Dunusinghe]] || [[Arshad Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Arshad Khan]] || [[Hasibul Hossain]]
|-
| [[Utpal Chatterjee]] || [[Champaka Ramanayake]] || [[Mahmood Hamid]] || [[Naimur Rahman]]
|}

==Matches==
===Group stage===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|show_tie=no
|source= [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pepsi-asia-cup-1994-95-60971/points-table-standings ESPN Cricinfo]
|update=complete

|team_order=IND, SRI, PAK, BAN

|win_BAN=0 |loss_BAN=3 |tie_BAN=0 |nr_BAN=0 |nrr_BAN=2.933
|win_IND=2 |loss_IND=1 |tie_IND=0
|nr_IND=0 |nrr_IND=4.856
|win_PAK=2 |loss_PAK=1 |tie_PAK=0 |nr_PAK=0 |nrr_PAK=4.596
|win_SRI=2 |loss_SRI=1 |tie_SRI=0
|nr_SRI=0 |nrr_SRI=4.701

|name_BAN={{cr|BAN}}
|name_IND={{cr|IND}}
|name_PAK={{cr|PAK}}
|name_SRI={{cr|SRI}}

|result1=Q |result2=Q
|result3=E |result4=E
|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1
|text_Q=Advanced to the [[#Final|Final]]
|col_E=#fcc
|text_E=Eliminated
|winpoints=2|drawpoints=1|tiepoints=1
}}
{{Limited overs international
| date = 5 April 1995
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 163 (44.4 overs)
| score2 = 164/1 (27.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Aminul Islam (cricketer, born 1968)|Aminul Islam]] 30 (53)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 2/23 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Navjot Sidhu]] 56[[not out|*]] (51)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammad Rafique]] 1/15 (5 overs)
| result = India won by 9 wickets
| report = [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/BDESH_IND_ASIA_ODI1_05APR1995.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Nigel Plews]] (Eng) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Manoj Prabhakar]] (Ind)
| notes = [[Sajjad Ahmed (Bangladeshi cricketer)|Sajjad Ahmed]], [[Khaled Mashud]], [[Javed Omar]], [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammad Rafique]] and [[Anisur Rahman (cricketer)|Anisur Rahman]] (all Ban), and [[Utpal Chatterjee]] (Ind) made their debut in ODIs.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 6 April 1995
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 233 (49.4 overs)
| score2 = 126 (44.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| runs1 = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] 71 (72)
| wickets1 = [[Saiful Islam (cricketer, born 1969)|Saiful Islam]] 4/36 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Minhajul Abedin]] 26 (37)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 4/23 (8.2 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 107 runs
| report = [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/SL_BDESH_ASIA_ODI2_06APR1995.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Cyril Mitchley]] (SA) and [[Nigel Plews]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] (SL)
| notes = [[Chamara Dunusinghe]] (SL), and [[Habibul Bashar]] and [[Hasibul Hossain]] (both Ban) made their debut in ODIs.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 7 April 1995
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 266/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 169 (42.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] 88 (100)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 2/29 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Navjot Sidhu]] 54 (108)
| wickets2 = [[Aaqib Javed]] 5/19 (9 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 97 runs
| report = [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/PAK_IND_ASIA_ODI3_07APR1995.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Cyril Mitchley]] (SA) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Aaqib Javed]] (Pak)
| notes = [[Naeem Ashraf]] and [[Zafar Iqbal (cricketer)|Zafar Iqbal]] (both Pak) made their debut in ODIs.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 8 April 1995
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 151/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 152/4 (29.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Akram Khan (cricketer)|Akram Khan]] 44 (82)
| wickets1 = [[Aamer Nazir]] 2/23 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ghulam Ali (cricketer)|Ghulam Ali]] 38 (53)
| wickets2 = [[Athar Ali Khan]] 1/10 (2 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/BDESH_PAK_ASIA_ODI4_08APR1995.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Nigel Plews]] (Eng) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Wasim Akram]] (Pak)
| notes = [[Naimur Rahman]] (Ban) made his debut in ODIs.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 9 April 1995
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 202/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 206/2 (33.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Hashan Tillakaratne]] 48 (78)
| wickets1 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 3/37 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 112 (107)
| wickets2 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 2/42 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/SL_IND_ASIA_ODI5_09APR1995.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Cyril Mitchley]] (SA) and [[Nigel Plews]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind)
| notes = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind) became the youngest player to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web |title=On This Day in 1995: Sachin Tendulkar Became Youngest Cricketer to Score 3,000 ODI Runs - News18 |url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/on-this-day-in-1995-sachin-tendulkar-became-youngest-cricketer-to-score-3000-odi-runs-7503349.html |website=News18.com |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 11 April 1995
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 178/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 180/5 (30.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] 73 (96)
| wickets1 = [[Champaka Ramanayake]] 3/25 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Roshan Mahanama]] 48 (74)
| wickets2 = [[Aamer Sohail]] 2/21 (5 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/PAK_SL_ASIA_ODI6_11APR1995.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Cyril Mitchley]] (SA) and [[Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|Ian Robinson]] (Zim)
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL)
| notes = [[Mahmood Hamid]] and [[Javed Qadeer]] (both Pak) made their debut in ODIs.
}}

==Final==
{{Limited overs international
| date = 14 April 1995
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| score1 = 230/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 233/2 (41.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Asanka Gurusinha]] 85 (122)
| wickets1 = [[Venkatesh Prasad]] 2/32 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] 90[[not out|*]] (121)
| wickets2 = [[Champaka Ramanayake]] 1/52 (8.5 overs)
| result = India won by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/65691 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sharjah Cricket Stadium|Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium]], [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]]
| umpires = [[Nigel Plews]] (Eng) and [[Cyril Mitchley]] (SA)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (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}} [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
|4
|4
|'''205'''
|68.33
|109.62
|112*
|1
|0
|30
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
|4
|4
|'''197'''
|98.50
|80.40
|84*
|0
|3
|19
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]]
|3
|3
|'''190'''
|95.00
|86.75
|88
|0
|2
|11
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|SL}} [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
|4
|4
|'''134'''
|33.50
|87.01
|51
|0
|1
|20
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Manoj Prabhakar]]
|4
|4
|'''122'''
|40.66
|64.89
|60
|0
|2
|12
|0
|-
! colspan="11" |Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pepsi Asia Cup, 1994/95 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=712&type=tournament|access-date=2021-11-12|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}} [[Anil Kumble]]
|4
|4
|'''7'''
|36
|3.86
|19.85
|2/23
|20.5
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Venkatesh Prasad]]
|3
|3
|'''6'''
|28
|4.00
|18.66
|3/37
|19.5
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Aaqib Javed]]
|2
|2
|'''5'''
|19
|2.52
|9.60
|5/19
|30.0
|0
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|BAN}} [[Saiful Islam (cricketer, born 1969)|Saiful Islam]]
|3
|3
|'''5'''
|22
|4.54
|20.00
|4/36
|19.2
|1
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|SL}} [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
|3
|3
|'''5'''
|28.2
|3.91
|22.20
|4/23
|26.4
|1
|0
|-
! colspan="11" |Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pepsi Asia Cup, 1994/95 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=712&type=tournament|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Asia Cup]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Cricket Archive: Pepsi Asia Cup 1994/95 http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/UAE/1994-95_UAE_Pepsi_Asia_Cup_1994-95.html
* CricInfo: Asia Cup, 1995 http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/

==External links==
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/series/60971.html Cricinfo tournament page]
{{International cricket in 1994–95}}
{{Asia Cup}}

[[Category:Asia Cup]]
[[Category:1995 in cricket|Asia Cup, 1995]]
[[Category:1995 in Emirati cricket|Asia]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1994–95 to 1997]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:April 1995 sports events in Asia|Asia Cup]]

1995 Asia Cup - Revision history

King42 at 04:57, 7 March 2026