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{{Short description|Cricket tournament in Pakistan}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2008 Star Cricket Asia Cup
| image = Asia cup 2008 logo.svg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| fromdate = 24 June
| todate = 6 July
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| host = {{cr|PAK}}
| champions = {{cr|SRI}}
| runner up = {{cr|IND}}
| count = 4
| participants = 6
| matches = 13
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Ajantha Mendis]]
| most runs = {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (378)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|SRI}} [[Ajantha Mendis]] (17)
| previous_year = 2004
| previous_tournament = 2004 Asia Cup
| next_year = 2010
| next_tournament = 2010 Asia Cup
}}

The '''2008 Asia Cup''' (also called '''Star Cricket Asia Cup''') was a [[One Day International]] (ODI) [[cricket]] tournament, held in Pakistan from 24 June to 6 July 2008, at two venues.<ref name=Fixtures>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketwa.com/10840/series/asia-cup-2008-schedule-fixtures.aspx|title=Asia Cup 2008|access-date=2015-12-22|publisher=cricketwa}}</ref> The six teams which took part in the tournament were [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] and Asian associate nations [[United Arab Emirates national cricket team|UAE]] and [[Hong Kong national cricket team|Hong Kong]]. This was the first [[Asia Cup]] hosted by Pakistan; previously political tensions between India and Pakistan did not permit Pakistan to host the event in [[1993 Asia Cup|1993]]. It was broadcast in India by [[Star Cricket]] and [[ESPN Asia|ESPN]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C22%5Cstory_22-5-2006_pg2_6|title=Pakistan to host Asia Cup in 2008|work=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]|date=22 May 2006|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref> and in Pakistan by [[Geo Super]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/6-27-2008/19923.htm|title=Asia Cup super four leg from tomorrow|date=27 May 2006|work=Geo TV|access-date=31 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208103253/http://www.geo.tv/6-27-2008/19923.htm|archive-date=8 February 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Sri Lanka won the tournament after beating India by 100 runs in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/content/story/360084.html| title=Mendis spins Sri Lanka to title triumph |date=6 July 2008|first=Dileep|last=Premachandran |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref>

== Format ==
Originally, the ninth version of the Cup was supposed to take place in 2006, however packed [[international cricket]] schedules did not allow for the tournament to be held.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/3525956.stm Pakistan to host 2006 Asia Cup]</ref>

Group A consisted of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

Group B consisted of India, Pakistan and Hong Kong.

The two groups first had a separate round-robin competition. The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super Fours. There was again a round-robin competition between the teams in the Super Four, the first two from which advanced to the final.

== Venues ==
13 matches were played in 2008 Asia Cup at [[National Stadium, Karachi]] and [[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]].
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.2em auto;text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!colspan=2|{{flagicon|PAK|size=25px}} Pakistan
|-
![[Karachi]]
![[Lahore, Pakistan|Lahore]]
|-
|[[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]]
|[[Gaddafi Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: 34,000
|Capacity: 27,000
|-
|Matches: 10
|Matches: 3
|-
| [[File:Inside the National Stadium, Karachi 03.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Gaddafi Stadium at Night.jpg|200px]]
|}
{| cellpadding="0" style="border:0 solid darkgrey;margin:auto;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
| style="border:0 solid #2a5;"|
{{Location map+|Pakistan|width=500|float=center|caption=Venues in Pakistan|places=
{{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=24|lat_min=53|lon_deg=67|lon_min=4|position=left|background=|label=National Stadium, Karachi}}
{{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=31|lat_min=30|lon_deg=74|lon_min=20|position=left|background=|label=Gaddafi Stadium}}
}}
|}

== Squads ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!{{Cr|BAN}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangladesh Squad - Bangladesh Squad - Asia Cup, 2008 Squad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/bangladesh-squad-352683/series-squads |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (12)
!{{Cr|HKG}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hong Kong Squad - Hong Kong Squad - Asia Cup, 2008 Squad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/hong-kong-squad-352678/series-squads |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (19)
!{{Cr|IND}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=India Squad - India Squad - Asia Cup, 2008 Squad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/india-squad-352929/series-squads |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sreesanth ruled out of Asia Cup |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sreesanth-ruled-out-of-asia-cup-355165 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (1)
!{{Cr|PAK}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Squad - Pakistan Squad - Asia Cup, 2008 Squad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/pakistan-squad-355318/series-squads |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (7)
!{{Cr|SRI}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sri Lanka Squad - Sri Lanka Squad - Asia Cup, 2008 Squad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/sri-lanka-squad-351257/series-squads |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (4)
!{{Cr|UAE}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=United Arab Emirates Squad - U.A.E. Squad - Asia Cup, 2008 Squad |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/united-arab-emirates-squad-352680/series-squads |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> (21)
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Mohammad Ashraful]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Alok Kapali]]
* [[Mashrafe Mortaza]]
* [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]]
* [[Dolar Mahmud]]
* [[Farhad Reza]]
* [[Mahmudullah]]
* [[Mehrab Hossain Jnr]]
* [[Mosharraf Hossain (cricketer)|Mosharraf Hossain]]
* [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Nazimuddin (cricketer)|Nazimuddin]]
* [[Raqibul Hasan (cricketer, born 1987)|Raqibul Hasan]]
* [[Shahadat Hossain]]
* [[Shahriar Nafees]]
* [[Tamim Iqbal]]
|
* [[Tabarak Dar]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Afzaal Haider]]
* [[Ashish Gadhia]]
* [[Jamie Atkinson]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Toby Brown]]
* [[Hussain Butt]]
* [[Irfan Ahmed]]
* [[Courtney Kruger]]
* [[Roy Lamsam]]
* [[Munir Dar (cricketer, born 1974)|Munir Dar]]
* [[Nadeem Ahmed]]
* [[Najeeb Amar]]
* [[Skhawat Ali]]
* [[Waqas Barkat]]
* [[Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1986)|Zain Abbas]]
|
* [[MS Dhoni]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]] & [[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Yuvraj Singh]] ([[Captain (cricket)|vc]])
* [[Robin Uthappa]]
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Virender Sehwag]]
* [[Rohit Sharma]]
* [[Suresh Raina]]
* [[Yusuf Pathan]]
* [[Irfan Pathan]]
* [[Ishant Sharma]]
* [[Praveen Kumar]]
* [[R. P. Singh]]
* [[Piyush Chawla]]
* [[Pragyan Ojha]]
* [[Manpreet Gony]]
* [[S. Sreesanth|<s>S. Sreesanth</s>]]
|
* [[Shoaib Malik]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Misbah ul Haq]] ([[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vc]])
* [[Abdur Rauf (cricketer)|Abdur Rauf]]
* [[Fawad Alam]]
* [[Iftikhar Anjum]]
* [[Mansoor Amjad]]
* [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer)|Mohammad Yousuf]]
* [[Nasir Jamshed]]
* [[Saeed Ajmal]]
* [[Salman Butt]]
* [[Sarfraz Ahmed]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Shahid Afridi]]
* [[Sohail Tanvir]]
* [[Wahab Riaz]]
* [[Younis Khan]]
* [[Umar Gul]]
|
* [[Mahela Jayawardene]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]]
* [[Dilhara Fernando]]
* [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
* [[Chamara Kapugedera]]
* [[Nuwan Kulasekara]]
* [[Ajantha Mendis]]
* [[Jehan Mubarak]]
* [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
* [[Kumar Sangakkara]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Chamara Silva]]
* [[Thilan Thushara]]
* [[Mahela Udawatte]]
* [[Chaminda Vaas]]
* [[Kaushalya Weeraratne]]
* [[Farveez Maharoof]]
|
* [[Saqib Ali (cricketer)|Saqib Ali]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Alawi Shukri]]
* [[Aman Ali (cricketer)|Aman Ali]]
* [[Amjad Ali (cricketer)|Amjad Ali]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Amjad Javed]]
* [[Arshad Ali (cricketer)|Arshad Ali]]
* [[Indika Batuwitarachchi]]
* [[Fahad Alhashmi]]
* [[Nizel Fernandes]]
* [[Khurram Khan]]
* [[Mohammad Tauqir]]
* [[Salman Farooq]]
* [[Vikrant Shetty]]
* [[Shadeep Silva]]
* [[Zahid Shah]]
|}

== Group stage ==

=== Group A ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/points-table-standings ESPNCricinfo]
|section=A

|team1=SL |team2=BDESH |team3=UAE
|result1=Q |result2=Q

|win_BDESH=1 |loss_BDESH=1 |rs_BDESH=526 |or_BDESH=100.0 |rc_BDESH=561 |ob_BDESH=100.0
|win_SL=2 |rs_SL=647 |or_SL=100.0 |rc_SL=374 |ob_SL=100.0
|loss_UAE=2 |rs_UAE=352 |or_UAE=100.0 |rc_UAE=590 |ob_UAE=100.0

|name_BDESH={{cr|BAN}}
|name_SL={{cr|SRI}}
|name_UAE={{cr|UAE}}

|col_Q=#cfc
}}</onlyinclude>

All times are in [[UTC+5]] ([[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]])

{{Limited overs international
| date = 24 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 300/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 204 (45.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Ashraful]] 109 (126)
| wickets1 = [[Zahid Shah]] 3/49 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Khurram Khan]] 78 (81)
| wickets2 = [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]] 3/20 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|BAN}} by 96 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/current/match/335346.html scorecard]
| venue =[[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (ENG) & [[Simon Taufel]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Mohammad Ashraful]] (Ban)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 25 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 357/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 226/7 (50 overs)
| team2 ={{cr|BAN}}
| runs1 = [[Kumar Sangakkara]] 101 (91)
| wickets1 = [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]] 3/55 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] 44 (53)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 2/37 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|SRI}} by 131 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/current/match/335348.html scorecard]
| venue = [[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (ENG) & [[Simon Taufel]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Kumar Sangakkara]] (SL)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 26 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 290/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 148 (36.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|UAE}}
| runs1 = [[Mahela Udawatte]] 67 (74)
| wickets1 = [[Zahid Shah]] 3/49 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Amjad Ali (cricketer)|Amjad Ali]] 77 (79)
| wickets2 = [[Ajantha Mendis]] 5/22 (6.3 overs)
| result = {{cr|SRI}} by 142 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/current/match/335350.html scorecard]
| venue = [[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (ENG) & [[Simon Taufel]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Ajantha Mendis]] (SL)
}}

=== Group B ===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/points-table-standings ESPNCricinfo]
|section=B

|team1=INDIA |team2=PAK |team3=HKG
|result1=Q |result2=Q

|loss_HKG=2 |rs_HKG=251 |or_HKG=100.0 |rc_HKG=662 |ob_HKG=100.0
|win_INDIA=2 |rs_INDIA=675 |or_INDIA=92.1 |rc_INDIA=417 |ob_INDIA=100.0
|win_PAK=1 |loss_PAK=1 |rs_PAK=587 |or_PAK=100.0 |rc_PAK=434 |ob_PAK=92.1

|name_HKG={{cr|HKG}}
|name_INDIA={{cr|IND}}
|name_PAK={{cr|PAK}}

|col_Q=#cfc
}}</onlyinclude>

All times are in [[UTC+5]] ([[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]])

{{Limited overs international
| date = 24 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 288/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 133 (37.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}
| runs1 = [[Younis Khan]] 67 (65)
| wickets1 = [[Nadeem Ahmed]] 4/51 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1986)|Zain Abbas]] 26(retired hurt) (54)
| wickets2 = [[Iftikhar Anjum]] 2/18 (6 overs)
| result = {{cr|PAK}} won by 155 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/current/match/335347.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZ) & [[Brian Jerling]] (RSA)
| motm = [[Sohail Tanvir]] (Pak)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 25 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 374/4 (50 overs)
| score2 = 118 (36.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|Hong Kong}}
| runs1 = [[MS Dhoni]] 109 (96)
| wickets1 = [[Najeeb Amar]] 2/40 (10 overs)
| runs2 =[[Irfan Ahmed]] 25 (43)
| wickets2 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 4/23 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|IND}} by 256 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/current/match/335349.html scorecard]
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = This was India's first cricket match to be played against Hong Kong.
*''[[Suresh Raina]] (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8532/report/335349/hong-kong-vs-india-4th-match-group-b-asia-cup-2008 |title=India thrash sorry Hong Kong |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref>''
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZ) & [[Brian Jerling]] (RSA)
| motm = [[Suresh Raina]] (Ind)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 26 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 299/4 (50 overs)
| score2 = 301/4 (42.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Shoaib Malik]] 125 (119)
| wickets1 = [[R. P. Singh]] 1/44 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 119 (95)
| wickets2 = [[Iftikhar Anjum]] 2/61 (9.4 overs)
| result = {{cr|IND}} by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335351.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZ) & [[Brian Jerling]] (RSA)
| motm = [[Suresh Raina]] (Ind)
}}

== Super Fours ==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/asia-cup-2008-298014/points-table-standings ESPNCricinfo]
|section=C

|team1=SL |team2=INDIA |team3=PAK |team4=BDESH
|result1=Q |result2=Q

|show_bonus_points=yes
|bonus_header=<abbr title="Points carried forward">PCO</abbr>
|bonus_SL=2
|bonus_INDIA=2

|loss_BDESH=3 |rs_BDESH=572 |or_BDESH=150.0 |rc_BDESH=732 |ob_BDESH=113.0
|win_INDIA=2 |loss_INDIA=1 |rs_INDIA=902 |or_INDIA=140.1 |rc_INDIA=900 |ob_INDIA=145.3
|win_PAK=2 |loss_PAK=1 |rs_PAK=663 |or_PAK=115.1 |rc_PAK=725 |ob_PAK=150.0
|win_SL=2 |loss_SL=1 |rs_SL=942 |or_SL=150.0 |rc_SL=722 |ob_SL=146.5

|name_BDESH={{cr|BAN}}
|name_INDIA={{cr|IND}}
|name_PAK={{cr|PAK}}
|name_SL={{cr|SRI}}

|col_Q=#cfc
}}</onlyinclude>

All times are in [[UTC+5]] ([[Pakistan Standard Time|PST]])

{{Limited overs international
| date = 28 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 283/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 284/3 (43.2 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Alok Kapali]] 115 (96)
| wickets1 = [[Irfan Pathan]] 2/43 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Suresh Raina]] 116* (107)
| wickets2 = [[Shahadat Hossain]] 2/60 (9 overs)
| result = {{cr|IND}} by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335352.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Simon Taufel]] (AUS) & [[Brian Jerling]] (RSA)
| motm = [[Suresh Raina]] (Ind)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 29 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 302/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 238/9 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Kumar Sangakkara]] 112 (110)
| wickets1 = [[Sohail Tanvir]] 5/48 (10 overs)
| runs2 =[[Misbah-ul-Haq]] 76 (70)
| wickets2 = [[Ajantha Mendis]] 4/47 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|SRI}} by 64 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/current/match/335353.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (ENG) & [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZ)
| motm = [[Kumar Sangakkara]] (SL)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 30 June 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 332/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 174 (38.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 130 (88)
| wickets1 = [[Alok Kapali]] 2/40 (6 overs)
| runs2 = [[Raqibul Hasan (cricketer, born 1987)|Raqibul Hasan]] 52 (63)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 5/31 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|SL}} by 158 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335354.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Brian Jerling]] (RSA) & [[Simon Taufel]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (SL)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 2 July 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 308/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 309/2 (45.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[MS Dhoni]] 76 (96)
| wickets1 = [[Iftikhar Anjum]] 3/51 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Younis Khan]] 123[[not out|*]] (117)
| wickets2 = [[Piyush Chawla]] 1/53 (8 overs)
| result = {{cr|PAK}} by 8 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335355.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (ENG) & [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZ)
| motm = [[Younis Khan]] (Pak)
| notes = [[Saeed Ajmal]] (Pakistan) made his ODI debut.
*''[[Misbah-ul-Haq]] (Pak) stood as captain for the first time in ODIs.''
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 3 July 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score2 = 310/4 (46.5 overs)
| score1 = 308/8 (50 overs)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Chamara Kapugedera]] 75 (78)
| wickets1 = [[Ishant Sharma]] 2/55 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Gautam Gambhir]] 68 (61)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 2/44 (10 overs)
| result = {{cr|IND}} by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335356.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Simon Taufel]] (AUS) & [[Brian Jerling]] (RSA)
| motm = [[MS Dhoni]] (Ind)
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 4 July 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|BAN}}
| score1 = 115 (38.2 overs)
| score2 = 116/0 (19.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Tamim Iqbal]] 26 (41)
| wickets1 = [[Abdur Rauf (cricketer)|Abdur Rauf]] 3/24 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Salman Butt]] 56[[not out|*]] (52)
| wickets2 =
| result = {{cr|PAK}} by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335357.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (ENG) & [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZ)
| motm = [[Abdur Rauf (cricketer)|Abdur Rauf]] (Pak)
}}

== Final ==
{{Limited overs international
| date = 6 July 2008
| time = 16:00
| daynight = y
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 273 (49.5 overs)
| score2 = 173 (39.3 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 125 (114)
| wickets1 = [[Ishant Sharma]] 3/52 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 60 (36)
| wickets2 = [[Ajantha Mendis]] 6/13 (8 overs)
| result = {{cr|SRI}} won by 100 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/engine/match/335358.html scorecard]
| venue = [[National Stadium, Karachi|National Stadium]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| umpires = [[Simon Taufel]] (AUS) & [[Tony Hill (umpire)|Tony Hill]] (NZ)
| motm = [[Ajantha Mendis]]
}}

== Statistics ==

=== Most runs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:centre;"
!Player
![[Innings#Cricket|Innings]]
!NO
![[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
![[Batting average (cricket)|Average]]
!SR
!HS
!100
!50
!4s
!6s
|- style="background:gold;"
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|SL}} [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |'''378'''
|75.60
|126.00
|130
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |44
| style="text-align:center;" |16
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|IND}} [[Suresh Raina]]
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |'''372'''
|74.40
|110.38
|116[[Not out|*]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |34
| style="text-align:center;" |11
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|IND}} [[Virender Sehwag]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |'''348'''
|69.60
|143.80
|119
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |49
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|SL}} [[Kumar Sangakkara]]
| style="text-align:center;" |6
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |'''345'''
|57.50
|99.13
|121
| style="text-align:center;" |3
| style="text-align:center;" |0
| style="text-align:center;" |44
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|IND}} [[MS Dhoni|Mahendra Dhoni]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |'''327'''
|109.00
|91.34
|109[[Not out|*]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
| style="text-align:center;" |2
| style="text-align:center;" |19
| style="text-align:center;" |8
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="11" scope="row" |Updated: 7 October 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asia Cup, 2008 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3260&type=tournament |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|}

=== Most wickets ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:centre;"
!Player
![[Innings#cricket|Innings]]
![[Wicket]]s
![[Run (cricket)|Runs]]
!Overs
!BBI
!Econ.
![[Bowling average|Ave.]]
!5WI
|- style="background:gold;"
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|SL}} [[Ajantha Mendis]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''17'''
| style="text-align:center;" |145
| style="text-align:center;" |42.0
| style="text-align:center;" |6/13
| style="text-align:center;" |3.45
| style="text-align:center;" |8.52
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|SL}} [[Muttiah Muralitharan|Muthiah Muralidaran]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''11'''
| style="text-align:center;" |184
| style="text-align:center;" |48.0
| style="text-align:center;" |5/31
| style="text-align:center;" |3.83
| style="text-align:center;" |16.72
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|PAK}} [[Sohail Tanvir]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''10'''
| style="text-align:center;" |241
| style="text-align:center;" |42.0
| style="text-align:center;" |5/48
| style="text-align:center;" |5.73
| style="text-align:center;" |24.10
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|PAK}} [[Iftikhar Anjum]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''9'''
| style="text-align:center;" |210
| style="text-align:center;" |43.4
| style="text-align:center;" |3/51
| style="text-align:center;" |4.80
| style="text-align:center;" |23.33
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|IND}} [[R. P. Singh|Rudra Singh]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''7'''
| style="text-align:center;" |239
| style="text-align:center;" |43.0
| style="text-align:center;" |3/67
| style="text-align:center;" |5.55
| style="text-align:center;" |34.14
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|-
| style="text-align:left" |{{cricon|BAN}} [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5
| style="text-align:center;" |'''7'''
| style="text-align:center;" |247
| style="text-align:center;" |46.2
| style="text-align:center;" |3/20
| style="text-align:center;" |5.33
| style="text-align:center;" |35.28
| style="text-align:center;" |0
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="9" scope="row" |Updated: 7 October 2022<ref>{{Cite web |title=Asia Cup, 2008 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=3260&type=tournament |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=Cricinfo}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/430815.html|title=Asia Cup tournament review|publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asiacup/content/series/298014.html|title=Asia Cup 2008|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}

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