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The 1997 Asia Cup (also known as the Pepsi Asia Cup 1997) was the sixth Asia Cup tournament, and the second to be held in Sri Lanka. The tournament took place between July 14–26, 1997. Four teams took part in the tournament: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The 1997 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. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final where Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets to win its second Asia Cup and ending India's three consecutive championship run.
Squads
Matches
Group stage
| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Cr | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.035 |
| Template:Cr | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.405 |
| Template:Cr | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.940 |
| Template:Cr | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2.895 |
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Final
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Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 4 | 272 | 136.00 | 88.02 | 131* | 1 | 2 | 29 | 3 |
| Template:Flagicon Marvan Atapattu | 4 | 4 | 255 | 85.00 | 73.91 | 84* | 0 | 3 | 18 | 1 |
| Template:Flagicon Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 4 | 204 | 51.00 | 115.25 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 |
| Template:Flagicon Mohammad Azharuddin | 4 | 3 | 185 | 185.00 | 82.22 | 81* | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon Athar Ali Khan | 3 | 3 | 157 | 52.33 | 62.30 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 |
| Source: Cricinfo[2] | ||||||||||
Most wickets
| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Venkatesh Prasad | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 6.07 | 17.00 | 4/17 | 20.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Template:Flagicon Saqlain Mushtaq | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19.3 | 6.53 | 12.66 | 5/38 | 19.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Template:Flagicon Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 6.27 | 24.50 | 4/49 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Template:Flagicon Robin Singh | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 6.10 | 13.60 | 3/13 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Template:Flagicon Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 7.57 | 19.40 | 2/32 | 26.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo[3] | ||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ Cricinfo Asia Cup page Cricinfo. Retrieved on 17 September 2021
- ↑ Pepsi Asia Cup, 1997 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ↑ Pepsi Asia Cup, 1997 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ESPN Cricinfo: Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, Jul 1997 http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/61008.html