2008 Star Cricket Asia Cup
Dates 24 June – 6 July 2008
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and Knockout Host Pakistan
Champions Sri Lanka (4th title)Participants 6
Matches 13
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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. The six teams which took part in the tournament were India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and Asian associate nations UAE and 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 . It was broadcast in India by Star Cricket and ESPN and in Pakistan by Geo Super . Sri Lanka won the tournament after beating India by 100 runs in the final.
Due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks and security reasons, this is the last time India has played a tournament in Pakistan.
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.
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 .
Karachi Lahore National Stadium Gaddafi Stadium Capacity: 34,000 Capacity: 27,000 Matches: 10 Matches: 3 National Stadium, KarachiGaddafi Stadium
Squads Group stage Group A Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR 1 Sri Lanka 2 2 0 0 0 4 2.730 2 Bangladesh 2 1 1 0 0 2 −0.350 3 United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 0 0 −2.380
All times are in UTC+5 (PST )
Bangladesh v United Arab Emirates Mohammad Ashraful 109 (126) Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)Khurram Khan 78 (81) Abdur Razzak 3/20 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 96 runs Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Kumar Sangakkara 101 (91) Abdur Razzak 3/55 (10 overs)Mushfiqur Rahim 44 (53) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/37 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 131 runs Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Sri Lanka v United Arab Emirates Mahela Udawatte 67 (74) Zahid Shah 3/49 (10 overs)Amjad Ali 77 (79) Ajantha Mendis 5/22 (6.3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 142 runs Gaddafi Stadium , Lahore Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis (SL)
Group B Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR 1 India 2 2 0 0 0 4 3.154 2 Pakistan 2 1 1 0 0 2 1.161 3 Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 0 0 −4.110
All times are in UTC+5 (PST )
Pakistan v Hong Kong Younis Khan 67 (65) Nadeem Ahmed 4/51 (9 overs)Zain Abbas 26 (54) Iftikhar Anjum 2/18 (6 overs)
Pakistan won by 155 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Pak)
India v Hong Kong MS Dhoni 109 (96) Najeeb Amar 2/40 (10 overs)Irfan Ahmed 25 (43) Piyush Chawla 4/23 (10 overs)
India won by 256 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)
India won the toss and elected to bat. This was India's first cricket match to be played against Hong Kong. Suresh Raina (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.Pakistan v India Shoaib Malik 125 (119) R. P. Singh 1/44 (10 overs)Virender Sehwag 119 (95) Iftikhar Anjum 2/61 (9.4 overs)
India won by 6 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)
Super Fours Pos Team Pld W L T NR PCO Pts NRR 1 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 0 2 6 1.363 2 India 3 2 1 0 0 2 6 0.250 3 Pakistan 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0.924 4 Bangladesh 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 −2.665
All times are in UTC+5 (PST )
Bangladesh v India Alok Kapali 115 (96) Irfan Pathan 2/43 (10 overs)Suresh Raina 116* (107) Shahadat Hossain 2/60 (9 overs)
India won by 7 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Suresh Raina (Ind)
Sri Lanka v Pakistan Kumar Sangakkara 112 (110) Sohail Tanvir 5/48 (10 overs)Misbah-ul-Haq 76 (70) Ajantha Mendis 4/47 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 64 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Sanath Jayasuriya 130 (88) Alok Kapali 2/40 (6 overs)Raqibul Hasan 52 (63) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/31 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 158 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) & Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
India v Pakistan MS Dhoni 76 (96) Iftikhar Anjum 3/51 (10 overs)Younis Khan 123* (117) Piyush Chawla 1/53 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)
Saeed Ajmal (Pak) made his ODI debut.Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) stood as captain for the first time in ODIs.Sri Lanka v India Chamara Kapugedera 75 (78) Ishant Sharma 2/55 (10 overs)Gautam Gambhir 68 (61) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/44 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: MS Dhoni (Ind)
Bangladesh v Pakistan Tamim Iqbal 26 (41) Abdur Rauf 3/24 (8 overs)Salman Butt 56* (52)
Pakistan won by 10 wickets National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Abdur Rauf (Pak)
Final Sri Lanka v India Sanath Jayasuriya 125 (114) Ishant Sharma 3/52 (10 overs)Virender Sehwag 60 (36) Ajantha Mendis 6/13 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 100 runs National Stadium , Karachi Umpires: Tony Hill (NZ) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Ajantha Mendis (SL)
India won the toss and elected to field. Statistics Most runs Most wickets External links . ESPNcricinfo . . ESPNcricinfo.