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{{Short description|Cricket tournament in Bangladesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2000 Asia Cup
| image = Pepsi Asia Cup 2000 logo.png
| caption =
| fromdate = 29 May
| todate = 7 June 2000
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Knockout]]
| host = Bangladesh
| champions = {{cr|PAK}}
| runner up = {{cr|SL}}
| count = 1
| participants = 4
| matches = 7
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{cricon|PAK}} [[Yousuf Youhana]]
| most runs = {{cricon|PAK}} [[Yousuf Youhana]] (295)
| most wickets = {{cricon|PAK}} [[Abdul Razzaq (Pakistani cricket player)|Abdul Razzaq]] (8)
| previous_year = 1997
| previous_tournament = 1997 Asia Cup
| next_year = 2004
| next_tournament = 2004 Asia Cup
}}

'''2000 Asia Cup''' (as called '''Pepsi Asia Cup''') was the seventh edition of the [[Asia Cup]] for [[cricket]], which was held in [[Bangladesh]] between 29 May – 7 June 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61152.html|title=Asia Cup: No problem in selecting the probables|first=AC|last=Ganesh|date=3 May 2000|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> [[Indian cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]], and [[Bangladesh cricket team|Bangladesh]] took part in the tournament. Pakistan won their first ever Asia cup beating Sri Lanka by 39 runs in the final. All the games were played at [[Dhaka|Dhaka's]] [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]]. [[Yousuf Youhana]] was declared the Man of the Series.

== Tournament structure ==

Each side played each other once in the group stages. The top 2 teams based on points at the end of the group stages met each other in a one-off final. Each win yielded 2 points while a tie/no result yielded 1 point. The tournament was the first edition of Asia Cup to feature coloured player clothing and to be played with a white ball.

==Venue==
7 matches were played at [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]].
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:40%; margin:auto"
!City!!Venue!!Capacity!!Matches
|-
| [[Dhaka]], [[Dhaka Division]] || [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]]<br />|| 36,000 || 7
|-
| colspan="4" |{{Location map+|Bangladesh|width=300|float=center|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|Bangladesh|lat_deg=23|lat_min=43|lon_deg=90|lon_min=24|position=left|background=|label=[[Dhaka]]}}
}}
|}

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:auto; margin:auto"
|-
! {{cr|BAN}}
! {{cr|IND}}
! {{cr|PAK}}
! {{cr|SRI}}
|-
| [[Aminul Islam (cricketer, born 1968)|Aminul Islam]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
| [[Sourav Ganguly]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
| [[Moin Khan]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]]) & ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
| [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
|-
| [[Javed Omar]]
| [[Rahul Dravid]]
| [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]]
| [[Marvan Atapattu]]
|-
| [[Shahriar Hossain]]
| [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
| [[Yousuf Youhana]]
| [[Mahela Jayawardene]]
|-
| [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammad Rafique]]
| [[Mohammad Azharuddin]]
| [[Saeed Anwar]]
| [[Aravinda De Silva]]
|-
| [[Akram Khan (cricketer)|Akram Khan]]
| [[Ajay Jadeja]]
| [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]]
| [[Russel Arnold]]
|-
| [[Habibul Bashar]]
| [[Hemang Badani]]
| [[Shahid Afridi]]
| [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]]
|-
| [[Manjural Islam (cricketer)|Mohammad Manjural Islam]]
| [[Robin Singh (cricketer, born 1963)|Robin Singh]]
| [[Abdul Razzaq (Pakistani cricket player)|Abdul Razzaq]]
| [[Indika De Saram]]
|-
| [[Khaled Mahmud]]
| [[Ajit Agarkar]]
| [[Shoaib Malik]]
| [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
|-
| [[Khaled Mashud]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
| [[Anil Kumble]]
| [[Wasim Akram]]
| [[Upul Chandana]]
|-
| [[Naimur Rahman]]
| [[Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran|Thiru Kumaran]]
| [[Mohammad Wasim (cricketer)|Mohammad Wasim]]
| [[Chaminda Vaas]]
|-
| [[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]]
| [[Amit Bhandari]]
| [[Mohammad Akram (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Akram]]
| [[Nuwan Zoysa]]
|-
| [[Hasibul Hossain]]
| [[Nayan Mongia]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
| [[Azhar Mahmood]]
| [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
|-
| [[Shafiuddin Ahmed]]
| [[Nikhil Chopra]]
| [[Shabbir Ahmed (cricketer)|Shabbir Ahmed]]
| [[Sajeewa de Silva]]
|-
| [[Mushfiqur Rahman]]
| [[Sunil Joshi]]
| [[Arshad Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Arshad Khan]]
| [[Kaushalya Weeraratne]]
|}

==Group stage table==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|show_tie=no
|source= [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2000-61067/points-table-standings ESPN Cricinfo]
|update=complete

|team_order=PAK, SRI, IND, BAN

|win_BAN=0 |loss_BAN=3 |tie_BAN=0 |nr_BAN=0 |nrr_BAN=-2.800
|win_IND=1 |loss_IND=2 |tie_IND=0
|nr_IND=0 |nrr_IND=-0.416
|win_PAK=3 |loss_PAK=0 |tie_PAK=0 |nr_PAK=0 |nrr_PAK=1.920
|win_SRI=2 |loss_SRI=1 |tie_SRI=0
|nr_SRI=0 |nrr_SRI=1.077

|name_BAN={{cr|BAN}}|status_BAN=H
|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
}}

==Match summary==

{{Limited overs international
| date = 29 May 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 175/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 178/1 (30.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Javed Omar]] 85[[not out|*]] (146)
| wickets1 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 2/28 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Aravinda de Silva]] 96 (93)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Rafique (cricketer)|Mohammad Rafique]] 1/42 (10 overs)
| result= Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| notes = [[Kaushalya Weeraratne]] (SL) made his ODI debut.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/65699/bangladesh-vs-sri-lanka-1st-match-asia-cup-2000/ (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Srinivas Venkataraghavan|S Venkataraghavan]] (Ind) and [[Saleem Badar]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Aravinda de Silva]] (SL)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 30 May 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 249/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Akram Khan (cricketer)|Akram Khan]] 64 (52)
| wickets1 = [[Thiru Kumaran]] 3/54 (9 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score2 = 252/2 (40.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Saurav Ganguly]] 135* (124)
| wickets2 = [[Enamul Haque (cricketer, born 1966)|Enamul Haque]] 1/28 (5 overs)
| result = India won by 8 wickets
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Mushfiqur Rahman]] (Ban) and [[Hemang Badani]] (Ind) both made their ODI debuts.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/65700/bangladesh-vs-india-2nd-match-asia-cup-2000/ (Scorecard)]
| venue = [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[B. C. Cooray]] (SL) and [[Mohammad Nazir]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Saurav Ganguly]] (Ind)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date= 1 June 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 276/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 105 (116)
| wickets1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 2/44 (8 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score2 = 205 (45 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 93 (95)
| wickets2 = [[Kaushalya Weeraratne]] 3/46 (9 overs)
| result= Sri Lanka won by 71 runs
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/65701/india-vs-sri-lanka-3rd-match-asia-cup-2000/ (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Saleem Badar]] (Pak) and [[Mohammad Nazir]] (Pak)
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 2 June 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 320/3 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]] 80 (76)
| wickets1 = [[Naimur Rahman]] 1/41 (10 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score2 = 87 (34.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Habibul Bashar]] 23 (44)
| wickets2 = [[Abdul Razzaq (cricketer)|Abdul Razzaq]] 3/5 (4 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 233 runs
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/65702/bangladesh-vs-pakistan-4th-match-asia-cup-2000/ (scorecard)]
| venue = [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Srinivas Venkataraghavan|S Venkataraghavan]] (Ind) and [[Arani Jayaprakash]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Imran Nazir (cricketer)|Imran Nazir]] (Pak)
| notes = Bangladesh's 87 was the [[List of Asia Cup cricket records|lowest total in Asia Cup tournaments]] by any team until Sri Lanka's 50 in [[2023 Asia Cup|2023]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sportstar |first1=Team |title=IND vs SL: Sri Lanka 50 all out, records lowest Asia Cup total in final |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/sri-lanka-50-all-out-asia-cup-2023-ind-vs-sl-lowest-team-scores-records-siraj-six-wickets/article67318262.ece |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=Sportstar |date=17 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date= 3 June 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 295/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Yousuf Youhana]] 100 (112)
| wickets1 = [[Anil Kumble]] 3/43 (10 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score2 = 251 (47.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ajay Jadeja]] 93 (103)
| wickets2 = [[Abdul Razzaq (cricketer)|Abdul Razzaq]] 4/29 (8 overs)
| result= Pakistan won by 44 runs
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
| notes = [[Amit Bhandari]] (Ind) made his ODI debut.
*''[[Mohammad Azharuddin]] and [[Ajay Jadeja]] (Ind) both played their last international match.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/photos/mohammad-azharuddin-ajay-jadeja-made-their-last-appearance-for-india-516191|title=Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja make their last appearance for India|date=2 September 2016|access-date=3 June 2018|work=Cricket Country|archive-date=2 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102002729/http://www.cricketcountry.com/photos/mohammad-azharuddin-ajay-jadeja-made-their-last-appearance-for-india-516191|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/65703/india-vs-pakistan-5th-match-asia-cup-2000/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[B. C. Cooray]] (SL) and [[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|Asoka de Silva]] (SL)
| motm = [[Yousuf Youhana]] (Pak)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date= 5 June 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 192 (49 overs)
| runs1 = [[Marvan Atapattu]] 62 (102)
| wickets1 = [[Azhar Mahmood]] 3/24 (8 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score2 = 193/3 (48.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Yousuf Youhana]] 90 (130)
| wickets2 = [[Sajeewa de Silva]] 2/34 (6 overs)
| result= Pakistan won by 7 wickets
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/scorecard/65704/pakistan-vs-sri-lanka-6th-match-asia-cup-2000/ Scorecard]
| venue = [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Srinivas Venkataraghavan]] (Ind) and [[Arani Jayaprakash]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Yousuf Youhana]] (Pak)
}}

==Final==
{{Limited overs international
| date= 7 June 2000
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 277/4 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Saeed Anwar]] 82 (115)
| wickets1 = [[Nuwan Zoysa]] 2/44 (8 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| score2 = 238 (45.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Marvan Atapattu]] 100 (124)
| wickets2 = [[Arshad Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Arshad Khan]] 2/42 (10 overs)
| result= Pakistan won by 39 runs
| report = [http://usa.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/OD_TOURNEYS/ASIA/SCORECARDS/PAK_SL_ASIA_ODI-FINAL_07JUN2000.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Bangabandhu National Stadium]], [[Dhaka]]
| umpires = [[Shyam Bansal]] (Ind) and [[Arani Jayaprakash]] (Ind)
| motm = [[Moin Khan]] (Pak)
}}

== 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|PAK}} [[Yousuf Youhana]]
|4
|4
|'''295'''
|147.50
|73.75
|100*
|1
|2
|23
|4
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|SL}} [[Marvan Atapattu]]
|4
|4
|'''245'''
|81.66
|72.27
|100
|1
|1
|18
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|SL}} [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
|4
|4
|'''183'''
|45.75
|87.55
|105
|1
|0
|23
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]]
|4
|4
|'''175'''
|87.50
|109.37
|75*
|0
|2
|16
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Sourav Ganguly]]
|3
|3
|'''156'''
|78.00
|92.85
|135*
|1
|0
|9
|7
|-
! colspan="11" |Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asia Cup, 2000 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=808&type=tournament|access-date=2021-11-06|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</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|PAK}} [[Abdul Razzaq (Pakistani cricket player)|Abdul Razzaq]]
|3
|3
|'''8'''
|19.2
|3.82
|9.25
|4/29
|14.5
|1
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Azhar Mahmood]]
|4
|4
|'''5'''
|30
|3.53
|21.20
|3/24
|36.0
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Ajit Agarkar]]
|3
|3
|'''5'''
|30
|4.63
|27.80
|2/47
|36.0
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Arshad Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Arshad Khan]]
|4
|4
|'''5'''
|38
|3.68
|28.00
|2/42
|45.6
|0
|0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{flagicon|PAK}} [[Wasim Akram]]
|3
|3
|'''4'''
|20
|4.05
|20.25
|2/38
|30.0
|0
|0
|-
! colspan="11" |Source: ''Cricinfo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Asia Cup, 2000 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=808&type=tournament|access-date=2021-11-06|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61067.html|title=Asia Cup 2000|work=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}

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