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{{Short description|Cricket tournament in Bangladesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2012 Micromax Asia Cup
| image = 2012 Asia Cup.png
| imagesize = 290px
| caption =
| fromdate = 11 March
| todate = 22 March<ref name=Fixtures>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketwa.com/10164/series/asia-cup-2012-schedule-fixtures.aspx |title=Asia Cup 2012 |access-date=22 December 2015 |work=cricketwa}}</ref>
| administrator = [[Asian Cricket Council]]
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]], [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| host = {{cr|BAN}}
| champions = {{cr|PAK}}
| runner up = {{cr|BAN}}
| count = 2
| participants = 4
| matches = 7
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Shakib Al Hasan]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/engine/current/match/535800.html |title=Asia Cup – Final |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2012/03/22/pakistan-wins-asia-cup-tournament-nail-biting-final |title=Pakistan wins Asia Cup tournament in a nail biting final |newspaper=[[Asian Tribune]] |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=23 March 2012 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509120959/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2012/03/22/pakistan-wins-asia-cup-tournament-nail-biting-final |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| most runs = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Virat Kohli]] (357)<ref name="mostruns" />
| most wickets = {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Umar Gul]] (9)<ref name="mostwickets" />
| previous_year = 2010
| previous_tournament = 2010 Asia Cup
| next_year = 2014
| next_tournament = 2014 Asia Cup
}}

The '''2012 Asia Cup''' (also called '''Micromax Asia Cup''') was an international [[cricket]] tournament held in Bangladesh from 11 to 22 March 2012. Like the previous event, the tournament featured the four Test-playing nations from Asia: [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]], [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]]. India entered the tournament as the defending [[2010 Asia Cup]] Pakistan won the tournament by beating Bangladesh in the final by 2 runs.<ref name="R5">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/asia-cup-2012/top-stories/Ban-vs-Pak-Pakistan-beat-Bangladesh-in-thrilling-final-to-clinch-Asia-Cup/articleshow/12366052.cms |title=Ban vs Pak: Pakistan beat Bangladesh in thrilling final to clinch Asia Cup |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="R6">{{Cite web |url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/heartbreak-for-bangladesh--high-fives-for-pakistan-in-asia-cup-final.html |title=Heartbreak for Bangladesh, high fives for Pakistan in Asia Cup final |work=Yahoo! Cricket |first=Kunal |last=Diwan |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="R7">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/story/558267.html |title=Pakistan prevail over gutsy Bangladesh |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |first=Abhishek |last=Purohit |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/two-runs-too-far/927297/ |title=Two runs too far |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |first=Nihal |last=Koshie |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>

==Background==
China was interested to host the Asia Cup at [[Guangzhou]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.altiuscricket.com/asia-cup-2012-itinerary.html |title=Asia Cup 2012 Itinerary |work=Altius Cricket |access-date=10 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408224151/http://www.altiuscricket.com/asia-cup-2012-itinerary.html |archive-date=8 April 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> but it was decided by the [[Asian Cricket Council]] that [[Bangladesh]] will host the event. It was the third time Bangladesh hosted the event after [[1988 Asia Cup|1988]] and [[2000 Asia Cup|2000]].

The event was supposed to be held between 1 and 11 March 2012, but was rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the [[2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series|ODI tri-series in Australia]] that also included Sri Lanka and India, which ended on 8 March. The tournament was played from 11 to 22 March.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/524481.html |title=Asia Cup rescheduled |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 December 2011}}</ref>

==Venues==
All the 7 matches were played at [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana|Mirpur]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/ground/236761.html |title=Shere Bangla National Stadium |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |date=21 December 2011 |access-date=10 December 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:40%; margin:auto"
!City !! Venue !! Capacity !! Matches
|-
| [[Mirpur Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]] || [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]]<br /> || 26,000 || 7
|-
| colspan="4" |[[Image:Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.jpg|150px]]
|}

{{Location map+|Bangladesh|width=300|float=center|caption=Venue in Bangladesh|places=
{{Location map~|Bangladesh|lat_deg=23|lat_min=48|lon_deg=90|lon_min=21|position=left|background=|label=Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium}}
}}

==Match Officials==
Umpires from neutral countries:
*{{flagicon|England}} - [[Ian Gould]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} - [[Paul Reiffel]]
*{{flagicon|Australia}} - [[Steve Davis]]

Umpires from participating countries:
*{{flagicon|India}} - [[Sundaram Ravi]]
*{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} - [[Gazi Sohel]]
*{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} - [[Masudur Rahman]]
*{{flagicon|Bangladesh}} - [[Sharfuddoula]]
*{{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} - [[Ruchira Palliyaguruge]]
*{{Flagicon|Pakistan}} - [[Shozab Raza]]

Match Referee:
*{{flagicon|Australia}} - [[David Boon]]

==Squads==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="20%" | {{cr|BAN}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/556330.html |title=Asia Cup: Tamim out of Bangladesh squad, Mortaza returns |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=5 March 2012 |access-date=5 March 2012}}</ref> (12)
! width="20%" | {{cr|IND}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/asia-cup--sehwag-rested--yusuf-and-dinda-back.html |title=Asia Cup: Sehwag rested; Yusuf and Dinda back |work=Yahoo! Cricket |date=29 February 2012 |access-date=29 February 2012}}</ref> (1)
! width="20%" | {{cr|PAK}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/556077.html |title=Asia Cup: Nasir Jamshed, Sarfraz Ahmed in Pakistan squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=3 March 2012 |access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref> (6)
! width="20%" | {{cr|SRI}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/556021.html |title=Asia Cup: Herath left out of Asia Cup squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=2 March 2012 |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref> (5)
|- style="vertical-align:top"
|
* [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]] & [[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Mahmudullah]] ([[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vc]])
* [[Tamim Iqbal]]
* [[Imrul Kayes]]
* [[Nazimuddin (cricketer)|Nazimuddin]]
* [[Jahurul Islam (cricketer)|Jahurul Islam]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Anamul Haque]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Shakib Al Hasan]]
* [[Nasir Hossain]]
* [[Elias Sunny]]
* [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]]
* [[Mashrafe Mortaza]]
* [[Shahadat Hossain]]
* [[Nazmul Hossain]]
* [[Shafiul Islam]]
|
* [[MS Dhoni]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]] & [[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Virat Kohli]] ([[Captain (cricket)#Vice-captain|vc]])
* [[Sachin Tendulkar]]
* [[Gautam Gambhir]]
* [[Suresh Raina]]
* [[Rohit Sharma]]
* [[Manoj Tiwary (cricketer)|Manoj Tiwary]]
* [[Yusuf Pathan]]
* [[Irfan Pathan]]
* [[Ravindra Jadeja]]
* [[Ravichandran Ashwin]]
* [[Rahul Sharma (cricketer, born 1986)|Rahul Sharma]]
* [[Praveen Kumar]]
* [[Vinay Kumar]]
* [[Ashok Dinda]]
|
* [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Mohammad Hafeez]]
* [[Nasir Jamshed]]
* [[Younis Khan]]
* [[Asad Shafiq]]
* [[Umar Akmal]]
* [[Azhar Ali]]
* [[Shahid Afridi]]
* [[Hammad Azam]]
* [[Sarfraz Ahmed]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Saeed Ajmal]]
* [[Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1980)|Abdur Rehman]]
* [[Umar Gul]]
* [[Wahab Riaz]]
* [[Aizaz Cheema]]
|
* [[Mahela Jayawardene]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
* [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]]
* [[Upul Tharanga]]
* [[Kumar Sangakkara]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Dinesh Chandimal]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
* [[Lahiru Thirimanne]]
* [[Chamara Kapugedera]]
* [[Thisara Perera]]
* [[Sachithra Senanayake]]
* [[Seekkuge Prasanna]]
* [[Farveez Maharoof]]
* [[Nuwan Kulasekara]]
* [[Lasith Malinga]]
* [[Suranga Lakmal]]
* [[Shaminda Eranga]]
* [[Angelo Mathews]]<ref group="note">Withdrawn on 14 March 2012 due to injury. Replaced with [[Shaminda Eranga]].</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/story/557296.html |title=Shaminda Eranga picked to replace Mathews |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |first=Sa'adi |last=Thawfeeq |date=14 March 2012 |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>
|}

<span style="font-size:125%">'''Notes'''</span>
{{reflist|group=note|close}}

==Points table==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|source=<ref name="R2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/engine/series/524504.html?view=pointstable |title=<nowiki>Points Table | Asia Cup | ESPN Cricinfo</nowiki> |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|show_bonus_points=yes
|show_nrr_fa=yes
|winpoints=4

|team1=PAK |team2=BD |team3=IND |team4=SL
|result1=Q |result2=Q

|win_BD=2 |loss_BD=1 |rs_BD=746 |or_BD=136.3 |rc_BD=762 |ob_BD=140.0
|win_IND=2 |loss_IND=1 |rs_IND=923 |or_IND=147.5 |rc_IND=876 |ob_IND=149.2
|win_PAK=2 |loss_PAK=1 |bonus_PAK=1 |rs_PAK=780 |or_PAK=139.5 |rc_PAK=759 |ob_PAK=147.5
|win_SL=0 |loss_SL=3 |rs_SL=653 |or_SL=140.0 |rc_SL=705 |ob_SL=127.0

|name_BD={{cr|BAN}}
|name_IND={{cr|IND}}
|name_PAK={{cr|PAK}}
|name_SL={{cr|SRI}}

|col_Q=green1
}}</onlyinclude>

{{Anchor|Points system}}
'''Points system''':<ref name="R2"/>
* '''Win''': 4 points
* '''Loss''': no points
* '''Tie/No result''': 2 points
* '''Bonus point''': If a team wins, with a run rate ≥ 1.25 times that of the opposing team, that team gets 1 bonus point. (A team's run rate is number of runs scored divided by number of overs faced, except that a team is treated as having faced the full 50 overs if it loses all of its wickets)

If two or more teams have the same number of points, the right to play in the final is determined as follows:
* The team having the higher number of wins.
* If two or more teams have same number of wins, the team with more wins ''against the other teams who have equal number of points and wins.'' (Head to head)
* If still equal, the team with the higher number of bonus points.
* If still equal, the team with the greater [[net run rate]].

==Matches==

===Group stage matches===
====1st Match====
''All times local ([[UTC+06:00]])''
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 11 March 2012
| time = 14:00
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 262/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 241 (48.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Hafeez]] 89 (126)
| wickets1 = [[Shahadat Hossain]] 3/53 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 64 (66)
| wickets2 = [[Umar Gul]] 3/58 (9.1 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 21 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/engine/current/match/535794.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Paul Reiffel]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Mohammad Hafeez]] (Pak)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
}}

====2nd Match====
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 13 March 2012
| time = 14:00
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 304/3 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| score2 = 254 (45.1 overs)
| runs1 = [[Virat Kohli]] 108 (120)
| wickets1 = [[Farveez Maharoof]] 2/57 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 78 (59)
| wickets2 =[[Irfan Pathan]] 4/32 (8.1 overs)
| result = India won by 50 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/engine/current/match/535795.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana]]
| umpires = [[Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Virat Kohli]] (Ind)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
}}

====3rd Match====
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 15 March 2012
| time = 14:00
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 188 (45.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score2 = 189/4 (39.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Kumar Sangakkara]] 71 (92)
| wickets1 = [[Aizaz Cheema]] 4/43 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Umar Akmal]] 77 (72)
| wickets2 = [[Suranga Lakmal]] 2/37 (8 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/535796.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana]]
| umpires = [[Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Paul Reiffel]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Aizaz Cheema]] (Pak)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Pakistan earned a bonus point.
}}

====4th Match====
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 16 March 2012
| time = 14:00
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 289/5 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score2 = 293/5 (49.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 114 (147)
| wickets1 = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] 2/44 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Tamim Iqbal]] 70 (99)
| wickets2 = [[Praveen Kumar]] 3/56 (10 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 5 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/535797.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] (Eng) and [[Paul Reiffel]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] (Ban)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] (Ind) became the first batsman to score [[List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar|100 centuries in international cricket]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/story/557526.html |title=Tendulkar scores his 100th international century |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |first=Siddarth |last=Ravindran |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/sachin-tendulkar--an-indian-icon/top-stories/Sachin-Tendulkar-finally-hits-100th-international-century/articleshow/12292830.cms |title=Sachin Tendulkar finally hits 100th international century |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref>
}}

====5th Match====
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 18 March 2012
| time = 14:00
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 329/6 (50 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score2 = 330/4 (47.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Nasir Jamshed]] 112 (104)
| wickets1 = [[Ashok Dinda]] 2/47 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Virat Kohli]] 183 (148)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Hafeez]] 1/42 (9 overs)
| result = India won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/535798.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana]]
| umpires = [[Steve Davis (umpire) |Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Virat Kohli]] (Ind)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Virat Kohli]]'s score was the highest individual innings for a batsman in the Asia Cup.<ref name="R3">{{cite web |last=Gupta |first=Rajneesh |title=Statistical highlights, Ind vs Pak, Asia Cup |url=http://cricketnext.in.com/news/statistical-highlights-ind-vs-pak-asia-cup/64543-13.html |date=18 March 2012 |work=Cricketnext.in.com |access-date=18 March 2012 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320085444/http://cricketnext.in.com/news/statistical-highlights-ind-vs-pak-asia-cup/64543-13.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="R4">{{cite web |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Madhusudhan |title=Kohli's mastery of chases |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/557837.html |date=18 March 2012 |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref>
* ''Virat Kohli's innings was the highest individual innings for a batsman against Pakistan in an [[one-day International|ODI]].''<ref name="R3"/><ref name="R4"/>
* ''[[Nasir Jamshed]] and [[Mohammad Hafeez]]'s opening partnership of 224 is a record for Pakistan versus India.''<ref name="R3"/><ref name="R4"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Purohit |first=Abhishek |title=Kohli demolishes Pakistan in record chase |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/story/557744.html |access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref>
* ''This was [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s last ODI match''}}

====6th Match====
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 20 March 2012
| time = 14:00
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 232 (49.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score2 = 212/5 (37.1 overs)
| runs1 = [[Chamara Kapugedera]] 62 (92)
| wickets1 = [[Nazmul Hossain]] 3/32 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Tamim Iqbal]] 59 (57)
| wickets2 = [[Nuwan Kulasekara]] 2/30 (6 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 5 wickets ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|D/L method]])
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/535799.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana]]
| umpires = [[Steve Davis (umpire) |Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Paul Reiffel]] (Aus)
| motm = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] (Ban)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = Rain reduced Bangladesh's innings to 40 overs, target revised to 212 by [[Duckworth-Lewis method]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/cricket-asia-delay-idINB7462520120320 |title=Cricket-Rain delays start of Bangladesh innings v Sri Lanka |work=[[Reuters]] |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>
| notes = Bangladesh qualified for the finals for the first time due to head to head record against India and This is the first time that Sri Lanka failed to eligible to Asian cup finals since 1984<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.stabroeknews.com/2012/sports/03/21/tamim-shakib-lead-bangladesh-into-final/ |title=Tamim, Shakib lead Bangladesh into final |work=[[Stabroek News]] |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/current/story/558027.html |title=Team effort takes Bangladesh to historic final |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |first=Kanishkaa |last=Balachandran |date=20 March 2012 |access-date=21 March 2012}}</ref>
}}

===Final===
{{main|2012 Asia Cup Final}}

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 March 2012
| time = 14:00
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 236/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sarfraz Ahmed]] 46[[not out|*]] (52)
| wickets1 = [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]] 2/26 (10 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|BAN}}
| score2 = 234/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 68 (72)
| wickets2 = [[Aizaz Cheema]] 3/46 (7 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 2 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/535800.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium]], [[Mirpur Thana]]
| umpires = [[Steve Davis (umpire) |Steve Davis]] (Aus) and [[Ian Gould]] (Eng)
| motm = [[Shahid Afridi]] (Pak)
| toss = Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/AsiaCup2012/Bangladesh-win-toss-put-Pak-to-bat/Article1-829185.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509110347/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/AsiaCup2012/Bangladesh-win-toss-put-Pak-to-bat/Article1-829185.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 May 2013 |title=Bangladesh win toss, put Pak to bat |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>
| rain =
| notes = Pakistan won the [[Asia Cup]] for the second time (first in [[2000 Asia Cup|2000]]).<ref name="R8">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/558358.html |title=Middle-over batting costs Bangladesh |work=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |first=Madhusudhan |last=Ramakrishnan |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Tamim Iqbal]] became the first Bangladesh player to score four consecutive ODI half-centuries.''<ref name="R8"/>
}}

== Records and statistics ==

=== Batting ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
! Player || Team || Matches || Runs || Average || {{Tooltip|SR|Strike rate}} || {{Tooltip|HS|Highest score}} || 100s || 50s
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Virat|2=Kohli}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=India|2={{cr|1=India}}}}
| 3 || 357 || 119 || 102 || 183 || 2 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Tamim|2=Iqbal}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Bangladesh|2={{cr|1=Bangladesh}}}}
| 4 || 253 || 63.25 || 80.831 || 70 || 0 || 4
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Mohammad|2=Hafeez}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Pakisan|2={{cr|1=Pakistan}}}}
| 4 || 245 || 61.25 || 67.867 || 105 || 1 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Shakib|2=Al Hasan}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Bangladesh|2={{cr|1=Bangladesh}}}}
| 4 || 237 || 59.25 || 110.233 || 68 || 0 || 3
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Nasir|2=Jamshed}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Pakistan|2={{cr|1=Pakistan}}}}
| 4 || 193 || 48.25 || 96.02 || 112 || 1 || 1
|-
| colspan="9" align="left" | '''Source''':ESPNCricinfo<ref name="mostruns">{{Cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6730;type=tournament |title=Records / Asia Cup, 2011/12 / Most runs |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420153743/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6730%3Btype%3Dtournament |archive-date=20 April 2012}}</ref>
|}

=== Bowling ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
! Player || Team || Matches || Wickets || Runs || Average || {{Tooltip|SR|Strike rate}} || {{Tooltip|BBI|Best bowling}} || {{Tooltip|ECon.|Economy Rate}} || {{Tooltip|4W|4 Wicket in innings}}
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Umar|2=Gul}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Pakistan|2={{cr|1=Pakistan}}}}
| 4 || 9 || 208 || 23.111 || 24 || {{ntsh|1={{#expr:3+1/58}}}}3/58
| 5.778 || 0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Saeed|2=Ajmal}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Pakistan|2={{cr|1=Pakistan}}}}
| 4 || 8 || 161 || 20.125 || 28.25 || {{ntsh|1={{#expr:3+1/27}}}}3/27
| 4.274 || 0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Aizaz|2=Cheema}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Pakistan|2={{cr|1=Pakistan}}}}
| 4 || 8 || 196 || 24.5 || 24.75 || {{ntsh|1={{#expr:4+1/43}}}}4/43
| 5.939 || 1
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Abdur|2=Razzak|dab=cricketer}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Bangladesh|2={{cr|1=Bangladesh}}}}
| 4 || 6 || 154 || 25.667 || 40 || {{ntsh|1={{#expr:2+1/26}}}}2/26
| 3.85 || 0
|-
| style="text-align:left" | {{sortname|1=Mashrafe|2=Mortaza}}
| style="text-align:left" | {{sort|1=Bangladesh|2={{cr|1=Bangladesh}}}}
| 4 || 6 || 177 || 29.5 || 39.833 || {{ntsh|1={{#expr:2+1/44}}}}2/44
| 4.444 || 0
|-
| align=left colspan=10| '''Source''':ESPNCricinfo<ref name="mostwickets">{{Cite web |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6730;type=tournament |title=Records / Asia Cup, 2011/12 / Most wickets |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=22 March 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref>
|}

==Most Man of the match==
{|class="wikitable"
! Player !! No. of Awards
|-
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Virat Kohli]] || rowspan=2| 2
|-
| {{flagicon|BAN}} [[Shakib Al Hasan]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Mohammad Hafeez]] || rowspan=2| 1
|-
| {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Aizaz Cheema]]
|-
| {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Shahid Afridi]] || ''Man of the match in Final''
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|asiancricket.org/index.php/tournaments/asia-cup-2012}}
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/asia-cup-2012/content/series/524504.html 2012 Asia Cup] on ''[[ESPNcricinfo]]''
{{Asia Cup}}
{{International cricket in 2011-12}}

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2012 Asia Cup - Revision history

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